Lee Jae-myung: "People Power Party Reversed Agreement on 'Nationwide Disaster Relief Fund' Within 100 Minutes... Must Apologize to the People"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, urged an apology to the public, stating that the agreement between the ruling and opposition party leaders on the "payment of nationwide disaster relief funds" was overturned by the opposition People Power Party within 100 minutes, calling it an act of disregarding the people.

On the 13th, Lee posted on Facebook an article titled "An agreement between ruling and opposition parties cannot be overturned by the complaints of a few," saying, "The announcement of the agreement by the ruling and opposition party leaders was overturned within 100 minutes," and strongly criticized, "No matter how much promises are treated like old rags in politics, this is unacceptable."

He continued, "This is neither a duty to the people nor to the opposing party (the Democratic Party of Korea)," and condemned, "If it were a legitimate party that sees the people as sovereign and knows how to fear them, such a controversy over reversal would not occur."

In particular, he said, "The complaints of the People Power Party lawmakers should be resolved within the party and cannot be a reason to break promises made to the people," and urged, "The People Power Party should apologize to the people for causing confusion and faithfully implement the agreement between the ruling and opposition party leaders to provide nationwide disaster relief funds."

He also advised, "Do not cause any more harm to small business owners, micro-entrepreneurs, traditional market and neighborhood merchants in South Korea," and "Return to the original path of politics that prioritizes the livelihood of the people."

Earlier, Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, held a dinner meeting in Yeouido on the evening of the 12th and agreed to provide "nationwide disaster relief funds" through the second supplementary budget.

However, both sides agreed to decide on the timing of the payment later after reviewing the quarantine situation.

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