Yoon Seok-yeol: "Lee Jae-myung's enemy is 'the past Lee Jae-myung', take off the 'pro-commoner' mask"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential primary candidate, is speaking at a meeting with the Namdaemun Market Merchants Association in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 3rd. November 3, 2021. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate and former Prosecutor General, criticized Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, on the 4th, saying he "has two faces" and that "the mask of being pro-common people has been torn off."

On the same day, Yoon stated on his Facebook, "There is controversy as the candid voice of candidate Lee Jae-myung, who said he does not want to build rental apartments because they are unprofitable, has been revealed."

According to a video obtained by Kim Eun-hye, a People Power Party lawmaker, during Lee's tenure as mayor of Seongnam, at the 'New Year's Greeting Meeting' held in January 2013 at the Taepyeong 3-dong Community Center in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, when asked, "Why must the Urban Development Corporation make a profit?" Lee responded, "(If the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation is established) we do not intend to build and operate rental apartments."

Based on this, Yoon pointed out, "On one hand, he pretends to be pro-common people by distributing cash to the public, while on the other hand, he treats the homes of common people like worthless items based on profit and loss, showing two faces that are anti-common people." He continued, "Lee's major housing pledge, the basic housing policy, is public housing where anyone without a home, including the middle class, can live in high-quality housing for over 30 years at a rent close to construction cost. How much loss and deficit is he willing to accept for such a project?" he sarcastically questioned.

He also pointed out, "Lee once confessed that he designed the Daejang-dong development himself," adding, "He planned to minimize the scale of loss-making rental apartments to provide astronomical development profits to his close associates and private developers."

He emphasized, "Today, it seems Lee Jae-myung's enemy is his past self," and said, "He is someone who holds a 'festival of empty pledges' and denies everything when problems arise, so he probably does not remember his statements from eight years ago. But the public knows everything."

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