Lee Jun-seok "Ruling Party Seems Overly Obsessed with Three Kingdoms... Managing 5-Year Budget Like a Gambler"

Citing Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Criticize the Democratic Party
"The Ruling Party Tries to Shift Blame Like Accusing the Queen of Military Supply Shortage"

Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, criticized Hong Nam-ki, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economy, and sharply rebuked the Democratic Party of Korea for demanding an increase in the supplementary budget.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, pointed out that the Democratic Party of Korea is blaming Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Hong Nam-ki for the budget shortfall, referencing an anecdote about Cao Cao from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

On the 20th, Lee posted on his Facebook, saying, "Representative Roh Woong-rae said, 'We need to cut off Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki's head to relieve the people's anger,'" and added, "It seems the Democratic Party is overly immersed in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Earlier, Representative Roh strongly criticized Deputy Prime Minister Hong, who opposed a significant increase in the supplementary budget. On the 18th, through Facebook, he sarcastically said, "Regarding Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki's supplementary budget, his high-handed remarks as if he is doing a favor make me doubt my ears. We appointed a steward, but he acts as if he is the owner."

Roh continued, "The 35 trillion won supplementary budget advocated by the Democratic Party is not baseless. It is about returning the excess taxes collected due to the Ministry of Economy and Finance's miscalculation to self-employed people who have reached their limit," and argued, "However, Deputy Prime Minister Hong is ignoring the people's voices and lecturing them. We need to cut off his head immediately to at least relieve the people's anger."

In response, Lee said, "Just as Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms blamed the shortage of military provisions on Wang Hou, the officer in charge of provisions, the Democratic Party seems to be trying to evade responsibility as if it is not their issue," and added, "Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki is struggling because the Democratic Party has managed the finances like grasshoppers over the past five years, so now, at a critical time, there is no capacity to help those who are truly in urgent need."

On the 20th, Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, posted on his Facebook criticizing the remarks of Roh Woong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Facebook

Meanwhile, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentioned by Lee, Cao Cao received a report from Wang Hou, who was in charge of military provisions, that there was a shortage of grain. Cao Cao instructed, "First, use small measuring cups to distribute to the soldiers." When the soldiers' dissatisfaction grew due to the deceived amount of provisions, Cao Cao calmed their anger by blaming Wang Hou, accusing her of using small measuring cups to cheat on the amount of provisions and embezzling the grain, and then beheading her.

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