Lee Jae-myung: "If I am guilty of breach of trust, then all local and institutional heads nationwide are guilty of breach of trust"

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung is attending and responding at the National Assembly's Gyeonggi Province audit on the 18th.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, expressed disbelief at being accused of breach of trust in connection with the Daejang-dong development project.

On the 18th, Lee appeared as a witness at the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province and stated, "Looking at other local governments, they all handed over development projects to the private sector. I was almost the first to attempt public development (while serving as mayor of Seongnam), but public development was blocked (due to opposition from the People Power Party). Still, we managed to recover half of the development profits through a public-private partnership," adding, "The very accusation of breach of trust against me is absurd."

He particularly added, "(By this logic) all heads of local governments nationwide and central government officials who grant permits, allowing 100% of development profits to go to the private sector, would be subject to breach of trust charges."

During the audit, Lee explained, "The Daejang-dong development project was originally intended to be a public development project, but at the time, the People Power Party opposed it, insisting on private development. After fighting for four years, we eventually shifted the project direction to a public-private joint development."

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