Kim Jaeyeon: "Yoon Seokyeol's Pledge to Establish False Accusation of Sexual Violence Is Secondary Harm"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 22nd, Kim Jae-yeon, the Progressive Party presidential candidate, criticized former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's youth pledge, which includes establishing a false accusation clause in the "Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (Sexual Violence Act)," calling it a "law permitting secondary victimization."

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On the same day, Kim held a press conference in front of the People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido in the morning, urging former Prosecutor General Yoon to withdraw his candidacy, saying, "The establishment and strengthening of false accusation penalties is a law to silence victims."

Kim said, "When there are 80,000 suspects of sexual violence and only 341 convictions for false accusations, strengthening false accusation penalties is no different from trying to silence victims," adding, "Invoking 'false crime' and emphasizing false accusation penalties means allowing secondary victimization of victims."

She also condemned, "There is no 'woman' anywhere in former Prosecutor General Yoon's 'youth' policy," and said, "Packaging and promoting policies that worsen the suffering of young women as 'youth opinions' is nothing but a shallow scheme to exploit gender conflict."

She further asserted, "What Korean society truly needs now is not fake fairness that holds youth hostage, but the resignation of former Prosecutor General Yoon, who is exploiting gender conflict for political purposes."

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