Democratic Party: "Yoon Claims Discussion Without Topic... How Afraid Is He of Policy Debate?"

Park Chandae "Presidential Candidate Debate Cannot Be a Nonsense Festival"

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, is announcing labor pledges at the Workers' Welfare Center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 26th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 29th, the Democratic Party of Korea responded to the People Power Party's claim of a "topic-free debate format" regarding the one-on-one debate by stating, "A presidential candidate debate cannot be a free-for-all where participants just say whatever they want without even the minimum structure."

On the 29th, Park Chan-dae, chief spokesperson for the Democratic Party's election committee, said, "Based on the previous agreement to cover the overall state affairs, the Democratic Party proposed to the People Power Party that the one-on-one debate focus on topics such as the livelihood economy, diplomacy and security, and moral verification," adding, "However, the People Power Party insisted only on a topic-free debate format, so no agreement was reached today, and we decided to meet again tomorrow."

In this regard, Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, launched an unexpected offensive, saying, "Do not avoid a 'condition-free one-on-one debate,'" and criticized, "I cannot understand how covering overall state affairs can be considered a condition or restriction." He further pointed out, "Calling that a condition is a nonsensical reversal of words."

Spokesperson Park criticized, "He repeatedly made mistakes during each policy announcement, so how afraid must he be of policy debates to try to avoid them? It's absurd," and added, "Is he not confident in policy debates and still lacking in studying policies?"

He continued, "Is Candidate Yoon suggesting that when candidates from both parties first meet, it should be a free-for-all with just negative exchanges?" and insisted, "As presidential candidates standing before the people, it is only right to address livelihood issues and overall state affairs that the public wants to hear about."

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