Won Hee-ryong: "Lee Jae-myung's 'Occupying Army Mention' Criticism Was an Accident Caused by Trying to Overcome a Complex"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Won Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju Province, criticized Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, who referred to the US military at the time of liberation as ‘occupying forces,’ mentioning ‘intellectual complexes’ among other things.

On the 5th, Governor Won said through social networking services (SNS), "Lee, startled by the backlash against the term ‘occupying forces,’ responded with a brazen counterattack, calling it a color attack," and pointed out, "He is habitually trying to divide people using a pro-Japanese (pro-Japanese profiteers) and anti-American (US occupying forces) strategy, but is facing a strong backlash."

Regarding this issue, he diagnosed, "Lee, who has no experience in student activism and has not been able to join the mainstream of the Democratic Party, tried to overcome his intellectual complex by adopting the 1980s perspective of ‘Perceptions of Liberation History’ that he heard from his activist aides, but ended up causing a big problem."

Governor Won criticized, "Although people have heard the phrase ‘insufficient liquidation of pro-Japanese collaborators,’ the general public had never heard the US being called occupying forces," adding, "This historical perception does not resonate with our people who experienced the Korean War (6.25)."

Regarding Lee’s rebuttal that the US military referred to itself as occupying forces, he also pointed out, "He blindly believed only the wording of the proclamation but did not acknowledge the reality, and then changed his stance by saying he does not believe the Soviet army proclamation, which is labeled as liberation forces."

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