Yoon Seok-yeol: "Lee Jae-myung's Debate Proposal Is a Diversionary Political Attack... I Will Debate at the Level of Past Precedents"

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[Asia Economy reporters Naju-seok and Park Jun-i] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, said on the 28th that Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, proposed a debate, calling it a "dilution-style political offensive" and saying, "It is difficult to accept as an opposition party presidential candidate."

On the same day, at a debate hosted by the Korea Broadcasting Journalists Club, Yoon said, "Of course, I should respond to and participate in debates," but criticized, "Is the Democratic Party candidate really in a position to debate the nation's vision countless times?"

He said, "Recently, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials has indiscriminately conducted politically motivated investigations on politicians and journalists, even on a journalist's mother, but regarding the Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong cases, even when cases are assigned, no investigations are being conducted. Not investigating means admitting that the allegations are not mere suspicions but confirmed crimes. To talk about future visions in front of the public with a candidate who has no excuse for such serious crimes is to accept a politically offensive debate proposal that dilutes the issue," adding, "It is an attitude difficult to take as an opposition party candidate."

However, he added, "According to past precedents, when it comes to one-on-one or three-way contests, shouldn't we have debates at a level appropriate to those precedents?" He indicated that he would respond to debates at the level of past practices.

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