Choi Minhee Claiming "Lee Jae-myung = Successful Jeon Tae-il": "Lee Faced Difficulties Without Graduating from Seoul Law School"

"I fully agree with Kim Eo-jun's words... Lee is not the mainstream of the Democratic Party"

Former Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Min-hee and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung (from left). / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Former Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Min-hee mentioned Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung's academic background, saying, "The difficulties candidate Lee Jae-myung is facing are because he did not graduate from Seoul National University Law School."

Former lawmaker Choi made these remarks on the 25th during an appearance on KBS Radio's 'Joo Jin-woo Live.' When host Joo Jin-woo said, "Kim Eo-jun keeps coming up. The Yoon Seok-yeol camp also released a statement," Choi responded, "I fully agree with what Kim Eo-jun said on Das Vader."

She continued, "I believe the difficulties candidate Lee Jae-myung is currently experiencing are because he did not graduate from Seoul National University Law School and is not part of the Democratic Party mainstream. The entrenched elite centered around Seoul National University really cannot tolerate a ruling party presidential candidate who passed the GED. I was thinking about that."

She added, "Kim Eo-jun's statement was that 'because he came alone without anyone's help, people should support him.' And that 'people' are ordinary citizens. That was the spirit, and I strongly agreed with that."

Photo by Choi, former lawmaker, Facebook capture

Earlier, on the 8th, former lawmaker Choi described Governor Lee as a 'successful Jeon Tae-il.' At that time, she wrote on her Facebook, "There are many words that are hard to mention. One of them is the name Jeon Tae-il," and added, "Looking over Lee Jae-myung's life as an urban poor, his childhood as a working boy, GED, college entrance exam, scholarship at Chung-Ang University, passing the bar exam, and attending Roh Moo-hyun's lectures at the Judicial Research and Training Institute reminded me of Jeon Tae-il."

She continued, "I felt hope. I wondered if our society could resolve the grievances of urban poor and Jeon Tae-il through Lee Jae-myung," and added, "Seeing Lee Jae-myung, who transformed the concentrated criticism of Daejang-dong into a national recovery system for development profits and demanded the suspension of Hwacheon Daeyu's profit distribution to Seongnam City through the Seongnam's Clean Contract, gave me other hopes as well."

Meanwhile, Governor Lee graduated from Chung-Ang University after passing the GED. He then passed the 28th Judicial Examination in 1986 and became a lawyer.

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