Yeo Jeonyonggi toward Lee Junseok: "Vulgar character... Properly manage Saojeong who puts his shoe on the front seat"

Lee Jun-seok, on Ahn's Unification Proposal: "As Expected, Just as Expected"
Jeon Yong-gi: "If You're a Party Leader, Show Basic Courtesy"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, was captured placing his feet with shoes on an empty train seat, sparking controversy. Photo by Facebook screen capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] On the 13th, Jeon Yonggi, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea's election committee, directly criticized Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, who showed a cynical response to Ahn Cheol-soo, presidential candidate of the People’s Party, regarding the opposition unity proposal, saying, "Take good care of Saojeong who puts his shoed feet on the seat in front of the train." This appears to mock Yoon Seok-youl, presidential candidate of the People Power Party, who put his shoed feet on the seat inside the train.

On the same day, Jeon posted on his Facebook, saying, "No matter how much the people point it out, a person's character does not change."

He criticized Lee, saying, "His character is vulgar, his speech is rude, and his politics is just nitpicking," and added, "What right does the person who lowered the dignity of politics have to say anything?" He then shared Lee’s Facebook post, saying, "If you are the leader of a public party representing half of the people, show basic manners."

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

Earlier, after Ahn’s unity proposal, Lee posted a short message on his Facebook saying, "I thought maybe, but as expected, it’s as expected." Along with this, Lee posted a photo of a sculpture depicting Son Ogong (Sun Wukong) inside the palm of Buddha’s hand.

Jeon questioned this, saying, "Does the attached photo mean that Buddha is Lee Jun-seok and Son Ogong is Ahn Cheol-soo? Does it mean he thinks he can tame a candidate from another party?"

He continued, "I don’t know if attacking candidate Ahn, who is heartbroken due to a family illness, is something a person should do," and strongly stated, "One should never throw away the human boundaries that must be respected even in an election frenzy."

Meanwhile, regarding the controversy over Yoon’s shoed feet, Lee apologized, saying, "Regardless of the circumstances, it was a wrong act."

Lee explained on his Facebook, "As can be seen from various photos taken before and after the operation, the seat in question is a space where the candidate and I sit facing each other and talk. While I went to the broadcasting car for about 10 minutes, the candidate, who had leg cramps from sitting knee-to-knee with me for nearly an hour, raised his leg briefly while talking with the staff."

He added, "Before completing the chartered train operation in Mokpo, we cleaned the seat ourselves and returned it neatly," and said, "We will be more careful in the future to pay close attention even to such details."

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