Lee Jun-seok: "PD Lee Jae-ik's Resignation Mirrors Past Election Commission 'Double Standards' Expression Ban Incident"

"Stupid Repression Like During the Authoritarian Regime"

Lee Jun-seok, Leader of the People Power Party [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kang Wooseok] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized the controversy over SBS PD Lee Jae-ik's removal, saying, "It is analogous to the past incident when the Election Commission banned the use of the term 'naeronambul' because it was associated with a specific political party."

On the 8th, Lee said on his Facebook, "I also used to appear regularly on the program hosted by PD Lee Jae-ik, but the host's political bias was never a problem," and he pointedly asked, "What does the Democratic Party think about hosts like Kim Eo-jun, who clearly show political bias?"

He continued, "The statement made by PD Lee Jae-ik this time was 'We should not elect a politician who is lenient to himself but harsh to others' as president. It is not about not voting for candidate Lee Jae-myung, but a universally valid opinion that many voters can sympathize with in an election."

Photo by Lee Jun-seok, captured from the Facebook page of the People Power Party leader

Lee pointed out, "It is the same stupid oppression as in the past authoritarian regime when appearances or hairstyles resembling the president were grounds for suspension."

Earlier, PD Lee, who hosts SBS Radio's 'Lee Jae-ik's Current Affairs Special Forces,' stated on his blog that he was stepping down due to protests from the Democratic Party.

The SBS branch of the National Union of Mediaworkers issued a statement on the 7th, saying, "If hosts have to be replaced every time there is a protest, who can run current affairs programs, and what programs can continue to exist?" and raised their voices, "Unless we want to regress to the days when appearances resembling the president were grounds for banning broadcasts, the ruling party's infringement on broadcast freedom must stop."

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