Lee Jae-myung Directly Criticizes Yoon: "If the President Is Incompetent, the Country Will Collapse... South Korea Is Not a Battlefield for Revenge"

Daejeon Impromptu Speech... "If the President is Incompetent, the Country Will Collapse"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, on the 12th directly criticized Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party candidate, who made remarks about 'investigating deep-rooted evils,' saying, "Politics in the Republic of Korea is not a battlefield for personal revenge."

In an impromptu speech at the plaza in front of the Daejeon eSports Stadium that morning, Lee said, "The authority granted to the president should not be used to satisfy the private desires or revengeful feelings of a particular political group."

Emphasizing that Yoon is a former Prosecutor General, he said, "The true owners of the Republic of Korea are the people, the servants elected by the owners come second, and the appointed power (prosecutors) appointed by them come third," adding, "Appointed power must obey the elected power, but resisting and threatening without any intention to obey denies democracy itself."

He continued, "If there is a crime, it should be punished, but searching everywhere without any crime or suspicion is a crime itself," criticizing, "This is not purging deep-rooted evils but political retaliation." Lee appealed for support, saying, "If the president is incompetent, the country will perish. We need a capable leader to revive the economy," and "Since the owners of the country are the people, no matter how many foams flow back on the water, the overall current is determined by the people."

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