Yoo Seung-min: "The ruling party drawing a line with President Moon... Isn't it embarrassing?"

"Talking About Regime Change, Do Pro-Moon and Lee Nak-yeon Supporters Think So Too?"

Former National Assembly member Yoo Seung-min, a presidential primary candidate of the People Power Party / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Ju-hyung] Yoo Seung-min, a former lawmaker and a presidential primary candidate of the People Power Party, criticized the ruling party by saying, "It seems they are trying to distance themselves from President Moon Jae-in," and added, "Isn't it petty and embarrassing?" He was mocking and criticizing Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who claimed that "even if candidate Lee Jae-myung wins, it is a regime change."

On the 18th, Yoo wrote on his Facebook, "Saying Lee Jae-myung's victory is a regime change? It seems Leader Song Young-gil is in a hurry," and said, "During the Democratic Party's presidential primary, they shouted about the 'birth of the 4th Democratic government,' but now they are making the absurd claim that Lee Jae-myung becoming president is a regime change."

He continued, "I return Lee Jae-myung's words as they are. Saying Lee Jae-myung's victory is a regime change is nothing but 'a pro-Japanese collaborator pretending to be an independence fighter,'" he criticized.

He also said, "The fact that a candidate with four criminal convictions, who repeatedly used abusive language, and the main culprit of the Daejang-dong gate is the ruling party's presidential candidate is a disgrace to the Republic of Korea," and added, "They must be afraid of the angry public sentiment. If they intend to gain sympathy votes, they should rather apologize to the people," he sharply rebuked.

Song Young-gil, Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea / Photo by Yonhap News

Yoo also asked, "Seeing them disparage President Moon Jae-in while talking about regime change, it seems they have started to draw clear lines. But do the pro-Moon faction and supporters of candidate Lee Nak-yeon think the same? Will the public be fooled by those words?"

Earlier that day, Song appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and argued that Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, winning the presidency is effectively close to a 'regime change.'

When the host asked, "Public opinion hoping for regime change is higher than that for regime continuation," Song replied, "Even if candidate Lee Jae-myung wins, it is creating a new regime. President Moon Jae-in is not running again, right? We emphasize creating a new regime that inherits the strengths of the Moon administration while supplementing and changing its shortcomings, to meet the people's demands."

He added, "Lee Jae-myung was not a prime minister, minister, or a key figure in the Moon administration. He served as governor of Gyeonggi Province and was not part of the core mainstream group. Therefore, there is an expectation for change. There is a saying, 'If Lee Jae-myung says he'll do it, he does it,'" he reiterated.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.