Lee Jae-myung's "Like Park Chung-hee" Remark Criticized by Lee Jun-seok: "Living Like Chavez Then Suddenly Mentioning Park Chung-hee"

Lee Jae-myung "Just as Park Jeong-hee opened the path to industrialization..." remarks
Lee Jun-seok criticizes, "As the election approaches, he mentions it nonchalantly... Yangduguyuk"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party (left), Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, who mentioned that "former President Park Chung-hee opened the path to industrialization," saying, "As the election approaches, he mentions former President Park."

On the 2nd, Lee posted on Facebook, "It's time for four-character idioms with candidate Lee Jae-myung. Today's idiom is Yangdu Guyuk (羊頭狗肉, meaning 'sheep's head, dog's meat,' which signifies a discrepancy between appearance and reality)," directly targeting the candidate.

Earlier, in his speech at the launch ceremony of the election campaign committee, candidate Lee said, "Just as President Park Chung-hee built the Gyeongbu Expressway and opened the path to manufacturing-centered industrialization, the Lee Jae-myung administration will pave an 'energy expressway' to race forward in the decarbonization era and open a new future." Lee's mention of former President Park is interpreted as an attempt to appeal to moderate voters ahead of next year's presidential election.

In response, Lee Jun-seok strongly criticized, "Someone who lived like Ch?vez calmly puts former President Park Chung-hee's name on the signboard as the election approaches and speaks nonchalantly."

The 'Ch?vez' Lee referred to is former Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez, who is regarded as a populist dictator who drove Venezuela into economic recession.

Hong Joon-pyo, a presidential primary candidate from the People Power Party, also called candidate Lee, who was governor of Gyeonggi Province, the "Ch?vez of Gyeonggi Province," criticizing, "Like Hugo Ch?vez, who drove his country to become the poorest in the world through free populism, candidate Lee Jae-myung, who is ruining Gyeonggi Province and trying to bankrupt South Korea, must stop his reckless race."

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