Lee Jun-seok: "Lee Jae-myung is a Candidate Who Abandoned Both Party and Public Support"

People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok (left) and presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol shake hands before lunch at a restaurant in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 6th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kum Boryeong] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, as a "candidate who abandoned both party sentiment and public sentiment."

On the 7th, Lee said on Facebook, "Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party presidential candidate, is within a 10% gap in opinion polls amid fierce competition, which is a possible figure and can win when combined with party member votes, but the Democratic Party's third electoral college was 62 to 28, and wasn't the candidate who received 28 elected?"

Earlier, Park Sung-joon, a spokesperson for Lee Jae-myung's campaign, issued a statement saying, "Yoon did not gain public sentiment and showed a detached image from public sentiment, but he became the People Power Party candidate in the election to choose the head of state," adding, "He is like a player elected from a neighborhood reservoir, not the vast sea of public sentiment." This referred to the fact that Yoon scored 10 percentage points less than Hong Joon-pyo in general public opinion polls but became the candidate after leading by 23 percentage points in party member voting.

Lee Jun-seok pointed out, "The candidate who received 28 in the 62 to 28 vote was elected not because of the neighborhood reservoir but because your primary system's cumulative method by rounds is peculiar, so he was just elected," adding, "In the third vote, Lee Jae-myung was a candidate who abandoned both party sentiment and public sentiment." Lee Jae-myung received 28% of the vote in the Democratic Party's third electoral college vote.

On the same day, Kwon Seong-dong, head of the comprehensive support headquarters for Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign, wrote on Facebook, "This is truly absurd," and questioned, "What right does the candidate side with weak legitimacy from the 'rounding off' have to comment on the People Power Party voting results?"

Kwon emphasized, "The majority of sensible citizens' thoughts are deliberately ignored, and it is the Democratic Party reservoir party sentiment that 'protects Cho Kuk' and 'protects Daejang-dong' that elected this candidate," adding, "If the candidate side truly respects the vast sea of public sentiment, they should first consider the public sentiment for the introduction of a special prosecutor for the Daejang-dong gate, which exceeds 65%."

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