The Democratic Party and Yoon's 'Deep-rooted Corruption Investigation' Remarks Rally Pro-Moon Forces... Woo Sang-ho: "A Last-minute Factor That Could Cause a Backlash Against the Opposition"

Woo Sang-ho, Chief of the General Election Countermeasures Headquarters, "Even Pro-Moon Faction Lawmakers Are All Furious... Yoon Seok-yeol Made a Big Mistake"
Yoon Gun-young Lawmaker, "A Public Declaration of Political Retaliation, an Unprecedented Extraordinary Incident... The Height of Arrogance"
Party Leadership Unitedly Resolves 'Lee Jae-myung Victory'... "Must Prevent the Formation of a Prosecutor Republic"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Democratic Party of Korea predicted that Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, saying “investigation into the deep-rooted evils of the Moon Jae-in administration” would cause a huge ripple that could shake the upcoming presidential election landscape. Moreover, with President Moon Jae-in, who had maintained 'political neutrality' and kept his distance from the presidential race, expressing strong anger at Yoon’s remarks and demanding a direct apology, attention is focused on the consolidation of the pro-Moon faction and the broader ruling coalition supporters.

Woo Sang-ho, Chief of the General Election Countermeasures Headquarters of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Headquarters Meeting of the Election Countermeasures Committee held at the Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul on the 4th, delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

On the 10th, Woo Sang-ho, the head of the Democratic Party’s general election headquarters, said in a phone interview with Asia Economy, “Both the direct remarks and the level of the comments made President Moon very angry,” emphasizing, “He has never said anything like this in the past five years.” Woo also predicted that the pro-Moon supporters would consolidate around candidate Lee Jae-myung.

He said, “He (Yoon Seok-yeol) made a big mistake,” adding, “I have spoken with many pro-Moon faction lawmakers, and they are all furious. Even those who had been passive until now are saying they cannot stay silent. This can be seen as a last-minute variable that could cause a backlash.”

Oh Young-hoon, a member of the Democratic Party and secretary-general of the election headquarters, also said in a phone interview that day, “Yoon’s talk of political revenge itself shakes the foundation of democracy,” predicting, “Yoon’s mention of ‘investigation into deep-rooted evils’ will provoke supporters within the ruling party.” He explained, “Looking at social networking services (SNS) or pro-government communities, such reactions (consolidation) are visible,” and added, “It could serve as an opportunity to consolidate the support base centered on the pro-Moon faction.”

Yoon Ho-jung, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly on the 10th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Yoon Gun-young, the head of the election headquarters’ political affairs office, strongly counterattacked Yoon’s remarks on investigating deep-rooted evils on MBC Radio in the morning, while subtly appealing for the ruling party supporters to unite.

Yoon said, “If candidate Yoon becomes president, even crimes that never existed will be created,” criticizing Yoon’s remarks harshly, saying, “The presidential candidate has effectively declared that he will investigate the incumbent president who has no crimes.” He added, “There is no basis or reason to investigate what is wrong,” and questioned, “Is there any suspicion about President Moon at all right now?” calling it “the height of arrogance.” At the same time, he targeted candidate Yoon and sought to consolidate President Moon’s supporters around candidate Lee.

That morning, the Democratic Party leadership also unanimously strongly criticized Yoon’s mention of investigating deep-rooted evils at the policy coordination meeting.

Floor leader Yoon Ho-jung said, “A presidential candidate from the prosecution has even pledged retaliatory investigations without hesitation,” and added, “The Democratic Party and candidate Lee Jae-myung will definitely win and prevent South Korea from becoming a prosecution republic manipulated by Yoon Seok-yeol’s faction.” Park Wan-joo, chairman of the policy committee, also expressed, “The dark true colors dreaming of political revenge have been revealed,” and stated, “If an investigation into deep-rooted evils is necessary, candidate Yoon should be the first.”

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