Lee Jun-seok vs People Party's Sharp Clash... Even Within People Power Party, "Stop the Mockery"

People Party "Do you feel pleasure from excretion?" vs Lee Jun-seok "Your abusive language is intense"

Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, is holding an emergency press conference on the 'merger proposal' announced by Lee Tae-gyu, the general headquarters chief of the People's Party, at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 23rd.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] As the unification talks between Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, and Ahn Cheol-soo, the People's Party's presidential candidate, have effectively collapsed, tensions between the two sides continue. As Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, has been making mocking remarks toward Ahn daily, the People's Party criticized him, asking, "Do you feel pleasure from excretion?" Voices of concern about Lee's behavior are also emerging within the People Power Party.

Earlier, on the morning of the 23rd, Lee appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and stated, "There have been cases where People's Party officials made proposals to our side, regardless of Ahn candidate's intentions, such as 'We will make candidate Ahn fold'."

Lee said, "I don't know if candidate Ahn knows, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are people like Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da." When the host asked, "Are you talking about traitors?" he replied, "Yes, there were people like that."

In response, Ahn's side urged, "Lee should immediately reveal who that person is." Hong Kyung-hee, spokesperson for the People's Party Central Election Committee, issued a statement saying, "In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, there is a personality development stage called the 'anal stage' (from 9 months to 4 years old)," adding, "It is a stage where pleasure is derived from excretion, and Lee is still stuck in that stage."

She continued, "Starting as a 'Park Geun-hye kid' and entering politics 10 years ago, he still finds pleasure in excretion, so it is truly pitiful when he will finally shed the label of 'kid'." She added, "Instead of unnecessary vague rhetoric and absurd threats, we hope he immediately reveals who that person is."

Later, Lee shared the statement on Facebook and said, "This is a People's Party statement, but the abusive language is intense," adding, "At this point, I have no intention of helping with the People's Party's efforts to root out brokers." He also jabbed, "Instead of threatening with defamation, please check with the People's Party insiders and then talk again."

On the 23rd, Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, visited Guryongpo Market in Guryongpo-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongbuk, appealing for support from the residents.
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As the conflict between the two sides continues, voices of concern toward Lee are emerging within the People Power Party.

On the same day, Yoon Sang-hyun, a People Power Party lawmaker, posted on Facebook, "I request that you stop mocking candidate Ahn. What is needed now is not the leader's mockery but assistance," adding, "The purpose of a political party is to establish a government, and as the leader of the People Power Party, Lee holds the most important responsibility for achieving regime change. For that, he should not exclude the People's Party but first extend a hand as a partner for regime change."

He continued, "The fair Korea that candidate Yoon will create and the scientific economic powerhouse that candidate Ahn aims for are not overlapping goals but complementary visions needed together," emphasizing, "For regime change and for our party to present a better vision to the people, I request Lee's cooperation."

Na Kyung-won, head of the People Power Party's Seoul headquarters, also responded to the host's remark on CBS Radio's 'One Match' that "there are voices of concern about Lee's remarks regarding candidate Ahn," saying, "I am not in a position to advise," but indirectly criticized, "He should exercise some restraint."

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