Yoon Seok-yeol Visits Incheon, Criticizes Lee Jae-myung for "Distorted Security Views... Will He Bring Economic Prosperity?"

Also toward the ruling party: "1980s left-wing activist groups, cliquish"
Emphasizing Incheon GTX, Gyeongin Expressway revitalization, etc.

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[Asia Economy Reporters Junyi Park and Juhee Kang] Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, visiting Incheon, repeatedly criticized Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, for his "distorted security perspective."

On the 26th, during a campaign event in front of a shopping mall in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Yoon referred to the Ukraine invasion situation, stating, "I debated with candidate Lee, and he said that Ukraine provoked Russia, which caused this incident," expressing his criticism.

In the second presidential debate hosted by the National Election Commission the previous night, candidate Lee claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky provoked Russia, causing the war, and said, "It is the young people who die on the battlefield."

Yoon said, "This kind of security perspective is closely related to economic stability and prosperity, but candidate Lee has a distorted security perspective," and questioned, "Can he properly prosper the economy with such a view?"

He also directly attacked candidate Lee and the Democratic Party that day, criticizing, "Only left-wing activist forces remain, dividing interests among themselves, which has caused all problems to become a mess."

He added, "During the Democratic Party's five years, there was a complete failure in housing, jobs, youth issues, COVID-19, diplomacy, and security," and pointed out, "Looking at the Democratic regime, especially the main figures like Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party, they are left-wing activist forces from the 1980s. Over time, as former Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun passed, those who had been involved in democratization movements based on past liberal democratic ideas were mixed in but eventually ousted."

He also criticized the current administration's real estate failures, saying, "Look at the housing problems in Seoul and Incheon. Housing prices have soared, causing despair, and young people can no longer dream of the future," adding, "This happened because it does not align with the 20-, 30-, and 50-year left-wing plans."

As campaign promises for the Incheon region, he pledged support for transportation and facilities. He said, "We will establish a new GTX line to create a dense transportation infrastructure," and "We will attract a national university hospital to Yeongjongdo and establish a second medical center so that Incheon can develop into an international city with balanced education, medical care, jobs, and mobility." He also mentioned the development of an advanced medical complex, the undergrounding of the Gyeongin Line railway and Gyeongin Expressway, and relocating the landfill site.

Lee Jun-seok, the People Power Party leader who joined the campaign event that day, supported Yoon by emphasizing the current administration's failure in quarantine measures. Lee highlighted Yoon's promise announced on Facebook the previous day to "abolish the vaccine pass and allow 24-hour free business operations," saying, "The Yoon Seok-yeol government, led by the People Power Party, will ensure that the sacrifices forced on small business owners and self-employed people during the COVID-19 pandemic are properly evaluated and adequately compensated after the pandemic ends."

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