Song Young-gil: "'Daekkameun' Remark Emphasized One Team"

In April, Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was giving an interview at the Yeouido camp office. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 21st that his recent remarks about 'Daeggae-moon' (a derogatory term for President Moon Jae-in's hardcore supporters) were made "with the intention of emphasizing one team."

On the same day, Song appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and explained, "I emphasized that there can be no one team atmosphere if there is a mood that a certain candidate must never win," adding, "This was said out of sincere concern that this is the most important challenge to overcome for victory in the general election."

Earlier, on the 5th, at a Kwanhoon Club invitation debate, Song targeted some hardcore pro-Moon Jae-in supporters who were checking Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, the ruling party's frontrunner, saying, "At the end of the Roh Moo-hyun administration, some pro-Roh factions did not vote for Chung Dong-young. (As a result) candidate Lee Myung-bak won by an overwhelming margin of 5 million votes, and candidate Chung Dong-young lost."

He then sharply criticized, "If someone who claims to protect President Moon Jae-in by shouting 'Daeggae-moon' thinks carelessly that 'someone is acceptable, someone is not. If a certain person wins, I would rather vote for the opposition,' at that moment, they cannot protect President Moon."

Regarding the postponement of the primary, Song said, "There is no guarantee that the COVID-19 situation will improve," and added, "I believe we must break through unless the presidential election is postponed." It appears he firmly ruled out any further delays.

Regarding Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung's 'pants controversy,' he said, "It is a matter that must be explained during verification anyway," and added, "He has the task of providing an explanation that the public can accept, and it is like a vaccine effect to filter out various issues that may arise in the general election in advance, so he must respond well."

Meanwhile, about the opposition's leading candidate, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, Song criticized, "It will be a situation like a 'gyeruk' (a chicken rib, meaning something of little value)," and described Yoon as "like a freight truck that blocks the opposition's presidential candidate from advancing, not speeding up but continuously preventing overtaking."

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