Yoon and Hong Clash Again... Hong: "If You Didn't Know, You're Incompetent" Yoon: "Party Leader Who Was Refused Campaigning"

Sharp scrutiny over diplomacy and security
Relentless attacks by Hong, counterattacks by Yoon

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Yoon Seok-yeol, former Prosecutor General and presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Assemblyman Hong Joon-pyo faced off head-to-head in a TV debate.

On the 28th, the People Power Party presidential candidates competed in verification over foreign policy, security policy, and vision during the fourth TV debate. In particular, a fierce exchange continued between Yoon, who is competing for first place in opposition party support, and Hong, who is vying for second place.

Assemblyman Hong launched sharp questions at former Prosecutor General Yoon. When they engaged in a heated argument over the so-called 'Daejang-dong scandal,' Hong asked, "The stench of the Daejang-dong incident was strong from the beginning, but did you not know anything about it when you were Prosecutor General?" When Yoon replied, "I did not know," Hong criticized, "If you didn't know, then you are incompetent." Yoon responded, "I apologize for being incompetent."

From the first lead debate of the day, Hong named Yoon and asked, "Do you know the North-South Power Index?" Yoon replied, "Please tell me what it is." This appears to refer to the situation during the debate on the 26th when Hong asked, "Do you know Operation Plan 5015?" and Yoon failed to give a proper answer.

Hong also criticized Yoon's North Korea policy, saying, "On social media (SNS), the term 'Moon Seok-yeol (Moon Jae-in + Yoon Seok-yeol)' is circulating."

In response, Yoon counterattacked by bringing up Hong's time as party leader. Yoon asked, "You are a senior member of our party, but during the 2018 local elections, our party's local government candidates refused to campaign for you as party leader. What do you think was the reason?" Hong replied, "At that time, I called the inter-Korean summit a disguised peace summit. Because of that, 80% of the public criticized me. I spoke harshly and used strong language, so I couldn't campaign in the local elections."

He continued, "But a year later, wasn't it all revealed that it was indeed a disguised peace summit?" and countered, "Let me ask you the other way around. What was Yoon doing at that time?"

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