Democratic Party: "Opposition uses death for smear campaign... baseless claims"

Democratic Party Campaign Committee: "Despicable Act to Link with Ruling Party Candidate"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Democratic Party's Election Countermeasures Committee criticized the People Power Party, saying, "The leadership has collectively stepped forward for a delusional conspiracy theory," and added, "Despite repeatedly embarrassing themselves in front of the public with futile attempts, they still seem unable to break their bad habits."

On the 12th, the Democratic Party's Election Committee responded to the People Power Party's escalation of criticism, including mentioning the "resignation of candidate Lee Jae-myung" in connection with the death of Lee Byung-cheol, who raised suspicions about Lee Jae-myung's 'lawyer fee payment' allegations, stating, "They are once again making unreasonable claims by exploiting a death."

Kim Woo-young, spokesperson for the Election Committee, said in an afternoon briefing, "A statement denying the 'lawyer fee payment claim' by candidate Lee has been made public, and one related person was found dead. Regardless of the circumstances, it is the humane thing to calmly mourn," and added, "However, the People Power Party, as if waiting for this moment, is launching political attacks against the ruling party's presidential candidate using the death of one person with unmentionable content."

He continued, "Upon the death report, party leader Lee Jun-seok, lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo, former lawmaker Kim Jin-tae, and floor leader Kim Ki-hyun rushed to spread conspiracy theories and slanders worse than a soap opera," and added, "Even though the police investigation is not yet complete, they are talking about 'murder' and 'indirect homicide.' They have no interest in the truth and are solely engaging in despicable acts to implicate the ruling party candidate by any means."

Spokesperson Kim emphasized, "Even though the person related to the lawyer fee payment claim has already stated that the claim was 'fabricated,' they are once again making unreasonable claims by exploiting the death. If they do not restrain themselves at this point, it will be difficult to shed the stigma of 'gangster manipulation,' 'admission fraud manipulation,' 'manipulation power,' and 'conspiracy power,'" and stressed, "They must be held strictly accountable for the slanderous attacks."

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