'Perfect Score in Subscription' Unknown Criticism of Yoon... Hong Joon-pyo Says "The President Only Needs a Firm Governance Philosophy"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate (left), and Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] At the presidential candidate TV debate held the previous day, Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, gave an incorrect answer regarding housing subscription, and Hong Joon-pyo, a People Power Party lawmaker, defended Yoon.

On the 4th, a netizen posted on the online platform 'Dream of Youth' saying, "Brother Jun-pyo! Please make sure to see this." He raised his voice, saying, "The person who is going to be president should know how much the people of the Republic of Korea are struggling because of real estate. Yet, during the last primary, he was publicly exposed for saying he couldn't use his subscription savings account because he didn't own a house. Shouldn't he study after that? Does this make any sense?"

In response, Hong, who said he did not watch the TV debate, replied, "It's a bit much to criticize just because he didn't know the detailed parts."

Earlier, on the previous day, Ahn Cheol-soo, the People's Party candidate, asked Yoon during the 'real estate' related debate, "I understand that you promised to give 5 points of subscription score to military service veterans for the youth. Do you know what the perfect score for the subscription points is?"

Yoon answered, "I think it's 40 points," and when Ahn said, "Yes, it's 84 points," Yoon corrected himself, "Ah, yes, 84 points."

Then Ahn asked again, "Do you know what the cut-off score for subscription in the Seoul area was last year?" When Yoon replied, "Well, I guess it has to be almost a perfect score," Ahn pointed out, "It was 62.6 points."

Photo by online platform 'Cheongnyeonui Kkum' capture

Meanwhile, another netizen posted, "Do you know about 'RE100' that Lee Jae-myung explained after Yoon Seok-yeol said he didn't know? Do you know that when Ahn Cheol-soo asked Yoon, 'What is the perfect score for subscription points?' he answered 40 points?" and added, "Most of Brother Jun-pyo's supporters around me are voting for Ahn Cheol-soo."

In response, Hong said, "What matters for the president is the governing philosophy, not quiz-style fragmented knowledge."

Also, after seeing Yoon's debate attitude, when a netizen said, "If it were an unscripted debate, Yoon Seok-yeol wouldn't be able to answer anything," Hong replied, "As long as the basic national governance philosophy is firm, that's enough."

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