Yoon Geon-young: "Yoon's Explanation is Petty... The Suspicion of a Shaman's Involvement is a Serious Issue"

"Camp Likely to Become the Core of National Governance... Yoon's Explanation Attitude Also Problematic"

Yoon Geon-young, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, who has come under fire for the controversy over the participation of shamans.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] Targeting presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, who disbanded the People Power Party's election campaign network headquarters amid controversy over the participation of shamans, Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Geon-young criticized, saying, "It is a serious problem that a shaman is suspected of being involved in major decision-making while North Korea is causing conflicts and provocations."

Yoon, the political affairs director of the Democratic Party's election campaign committee, appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' on the 20th and said, "I believe it is a tremendous problem that a camp that could be the central axis of national governance is influenced by shamans."

Regarding presidential candidate Yoon's explanation that the shaman Jeon Mo, known as 'Geonjin Beopsa,' only 'visited a few times' despite allegations that he was active in the People Power Party's campaign headquarters, Yoon Geon-young pointed out, "It seems a bit shabby. At first, candidate Yoon said he 'did not know the person,' then said he met through someone's introduction, and according to yesterday's media reports, the relationship between the two sides appears to be very close."

On the explanation about the recorded conversation of Yoon's spouse, Kim Geon-hee, Yoon said, "Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung apologized cleanly without any conditions regarding the recording controversy, whereas candidate Yoon made shabby excuses and even lied. I think this attitude is an area that the public will judge importantly."

He criticized the content of Kim's recorded phone conversation, saying, "There is a serious lack of public-mindedness," and added, "Statements like 'If there had been no backlash against former Minister Cho Kuk, he would not have been detained' show no basic understanding of the public domain."

Regarding the Democratic Party and People Power Party's agreement to hold a bilateral TV debate, Yoon said, "Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is showing a different face inside and out. Outwardly, he says he wants to have a TV debate, but inwardly, he keeps stalling. Since there is a shaman involved, he might even choose a truly 'handless day' (an auspicious day without bad luck)."

He added, "I also think there is a possibility that the debate might not happen before Seollal (Lunar New Year) due to this stalling."

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