Hong Jun-pyo on Kim Kyung-soo's Guilty Verdict: "Moon, Apologize to Me... It's Time to Be 'Bungitengcheon'"

Hong Joon-pyo, Member of the People Power Party (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, pointed out that the confirmed 2-year prison sentence of Kim Kyung-soo, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, is an incident that should make people "furious to the sky." He also sharpened his words toward President Moon Jae-in, demanding an apology.

On the 21st, Hong stated on Facebook, "The last presidential election was confirmed by the Supreme Court to have been decided by an enormous 88 million comment manipulations by Druking, making it a manipulated election." On the same day, the Supreme Court confirmed a 2-year prison sentence for Governor Kim on charges of conspiring in the 'Druking comment manipulation.'

Hong, who ran as the Liberty Korea Party (the predecessor of the People Power Party) candidate in the 19th presidential election, criticized, "The legitimacy of the regime's inauguration has been lost," and added, "Since Governor Kim was the secretary to candidate Moon Jae-in during the last presidential election, the higher-ups (상선, sangseon) who were accomplices must now be revealed."

He then demanded an apology from President Moon. Hong said, "Shouldn't President Moon at least apologize as a minimal measure to me and Ahn Cheol-soo, the People’s Party candidate, who were the biggest victims of the manipulated public opinion in the last presidential election? If the president was elected through manipulated public opinion, shouldn't there be a public apology? Isn't it time to apologize for the malicious framing that was imposed on me?"

Furthermore, Hong emphasized, "It is time to take drastic measures to ensure that no more Korean presidential elections are decided by manipulated public opinion. Their attempts to create the next regime through manipulated public opinion must now be blocked," and added, "This is an incident that the people should be furious to the sky (분기탱천, pungkitangcheon)."

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