The Women's Committee of the Democratic Party Urges to Stop 'Lee Jun-seok Style Politics' That Only Provokes Conflict Without Alternatives

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Women's Committee of the Democratic Party's Central Election Countermeasures Committee stated on the 15th, "Stop Lee Jun-seok-style politics that only stirs up conflict without alternatives," directed at the People Power Party.

On the same day, Jung Chun-sook, head of the Democratic Party's Women's Committee, issued a statement saying, "Yesterday, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, appeared on a radio broadcast and claimed that the 30% quota system for women ministers under the Moon Jae-in administration did not bring changes to women's lives."

Chairwoman Jung said, "Lee Jun-seok lists problems of some policies and then generalizes them to provoke hostile feelings," adding, "Without policies or alternatives, the People Power Party's strategy of dividing sides and intensifying division and conflict is becoming more severe as the election approaches."

She emphasized, "The 30% quota for women in the political sphere is an institutional measure to reflect the diversity of the people in politics," and added, "It has been promoted internationally for a long time as a way to strengthen representative democracy, and many countries have achieved results through this."

She continued, "I hope Leader Lee does not use our people to incite such conflicts," and said, "I urge him to stop politics that only stirs division and conflict while ignoring the essence of structural discrimination, and to focus on the original role of politics, which is social conflict resolution and national integration."

On the previous day, on KBS Radio's 'Choi Kyung-young's Strong Current Affairs,' Lee evaluated the Democratic Party's women's policies, saying, "Did the 30% quota system for women ministers, which produced ministers Kim Hyun-mi, Yoo Eun-hye, Kang Kyung-hwa, and Choo Mi-ae, bring any changes to women's lives?" He pointed out, "Creating women's pledges in their own league to target the female demographic did not significantly change the actual lives of women, while it caused backlash among male supporters on gender issues." He added, "Therefore, we are proposing very gender-neutral, honestly gender-neutral pledges, which alone are causing a strong rebound among male supporters."

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