Lee Jae-myung's side Kim Nam-guk: "Rep. Lee Nak-yeon double-playing... thought he was a gentleman"

Facebook post by Kim Nam-guk, member of the Democratic Party of Korea

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Kim Nam-guk, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (Ansan Danwon) who serves as the chief of staff for Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, criticized former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, saying, "He tells others not to promote regionalism but distorts statements and uses regionalism in elections," adding, "I thought he was a gentleman, but I was completely deceived."

On the 26th, through Facebook, Rep. Kim overlapped Lee’s ambiguous actions during the 2004 impeachment of the late President Roh Moo-hyun with recent baseless political attacks and sharpened his criticism.

Rep. Kim first introduced, "An article from a media outlet on March 18 of the same year titled 'Lee Nak-yeon’s Double Play(?)' pointed out that during the 2004 (Roh Moo-hyun) impeachment, Lee Nak-yeon was engaging in a 'double play' that made it unclear whether he supported or opposed the impeachment vote."

He continued, "The incident that occurred at dawn on March 12 is a representative example (that directly shows what the media headline implied). At 3:50 a.m. that day, there was a sudden attack by members of the Grand National Party and the Democratic Party on the Uri Party lawmakers who were guarding the chairmanship to block the impeachment, and Lee Nak-yeon also joined the chairmanship at that time. Regarding this, Lee Nak-yeon admitted, 'It is true that I was on the chairmanship twice at that time,' but took an ambiguous stance by saying, 'Isn’t it also true that I did not sign the proposal?'"

Rep. Kim especially pointed out, "As the Lee Jae-myung camp has noted, various circumstantial evidence inevitably points in one direction?that Lee Nak-yeon supported the impeachment. The Lee Jae-myung camp demanded an explanation for these suspicions on behalf of the public, party members, and supporters, but Lee Nak-yeon and his camp have only repeatedly claimed that he opposed it without providing a clear explanation."

He said, "Even in 2021, the 'double play' of (former leader Lee Nak-yeon) wearing a mask seems to continue," and directly attacked, "He says not to engage in negative politics verbally, but in reality, he continues baseless political attacks."

In particular, he fiercely criticized, "(Lee Nak-yeon’s side) attacks people who are not public officials as Gyeonggi Province officials, inflates suspicions as if they are organized despite having no connection to the (Lee Jae-myung) camp, distorts statements while telling others not to promote regionalism, uses regionalism in elections, and even discloses private phone conversations with Governor Kim Kyung-soo, who is about to be re-imprisoned, under the pretext of being moved, and drags the president into the primary election."

He then delivered a direct blow, saying, "I thought (former leader Lee Nak-yeon) was a gentleman, but I was completely deceived."

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