Jeong Cheong-rae Directly Criticizes Lee Jun-seok for Ostracizing Yoon: "Is Politics a Game?"

Jeong Cheong-rae "People Power Party has only acorn candidates compared to Yoon"
"Lee's attitude is like a plate"

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A post uploaded on the 19th by Jeong Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, on his social networking service (SNS). / Photo by Jeong, Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Jeong Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, targeted Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, saying, "There are many ways to ostracize someone," and added, "Politics is not a game of putting money in and taking money out."

On the 19th, Jeong posted on his social media under the title "Lee Jun-seok's Shallow Tactics," stating, "Politicians often fall into traps of their own making through their words. When speaking causes loss, sometimes silence is more valuable. The same words can have different meanings depending on when and where they are said," directly criticizing Lee.

A post uploaded by Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, on his social networking service (SNS) on the 19th. Photo by Lee.

Earlier, on the morning of the 19th, Lee had posted on his Facebook, "Members of our party, including National Assembly members and party committee chairpersons, are free to take positions and roles in the election camps of presidential candidates within the party and to announce and carry out activities. However, to ensure fairness in the primary election management, those holding party positions such as the primary election preparation committee, leadership, or floor leadership cannot participate or be active in the primary election camps."

This was interpreted as allowing party members to assist Hong Joon-pyo, a People Power Party lawmaker; Won Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju; Yoo Seung-min, former lawmaker; and Choi Jae-hyung, former Board of Audit and Inspection chief who recently joined the party, while maintaining distance from former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl and former Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Kim Dong-yeon.

In response, Jeong said, "Lee Jun-seok's statement that party members, including lawmakers and party committee chairpersons, should help their party's candidates is quite common sense. But will this benefit the party? Compared to Yoon Seok-youl, there are only acorn candidates within the People Power Party," expressing his opinion.

Jeong also likened Lee to a "teacher," saying, "Favoritism in a school classroom undermines the teacher's authority. When a teacher favors a particular child, the other children sulk. Loving someone can become a boomerang that causes hatred toward others."

He concluded his post by saying, "Yoon Seok-youl must be quietly upset by Lee Jun-seok's plate-like attitude."

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