Lee Jae-myung Camp Targets Yoon Seok-yeol Again... Yoon's Side Says "Manage Your Own Household First"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Yoon Seok-yeol, a presidential candidate from the opposition party, criticized Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, saying, "On the same day Lee mentioned stopping negative campaigning, Hwang Un-ha, a Democratic Party lawmaker from Lee Jae-myung's camp, unleashed a barrage of slanderous negative attacks against former Prosecutor General Yoon using abusive language."

Kim Ki-heung, deputy spokesperson for former Prosecutor General Yoon, stated in a commentary on the 9th, "Although there were doubts about sincerity, we still tried to believe. But what we hoped would be 'just in case' turned out to be 'as expected.'"

He questioned, "Did Governor Lee himself take on the role of the good cop while his camp members played the bad cop? Or is Lee's authority not properly established within his camp?" He added, "If Lee is not trying to impersonate a 'good cop' after previously impersonating a prosecutor, he should first get his own house in order."

He continued, "I also offer advice to Representative Hwang. No matter how difficult the primary phase is for your leader, attacking the leading opposition candidate without facts is not only an admission of your leader's and camp's incompetence and insecurity but also a public humiliation of Governor Lee, who has publicly declared to stop negative campaigning."

He further said, "Has he forgotten that he himself is currently on trial for allegations of interfering in the Ulsan mayoral election? If he has not forgotten but still leads election crimes by spreading false information, there is nothing more to say about such recklessness. I earnestly ask him to focus on his trial first."

The day before, Representative Hwang criticized former Prosecutor General Yoon's qualifications strongly on Facebook, shortly after Governor Lee declared a 'stop to negative campaigning.' Hwang said, "Voices lamenting his ignorance and lack of refinement are heard everywhere. In fact, there have long been stories that Yoon has fully demonstrated the typical traits of a 'malicious special prosecutor.' The widely circulated story that Yoon, while drinking whiskey at a room salon, made corporate chairmen or executives, who are like father figures to him, drink bomb shots from a glass made by putting a sock from his shoe into the glass is well known."

He added, "Even if public opinion for regime change rises, we cannot elect a leader of South Korea who seems to have never properly read a book because he spent his time drinking at room salons."

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