Moon Sung-geun: "Yoon's Election Victory Is a Lawless Coup... To Overcome, Support Democracy with Donations"

"Like Brazil, We Faced a Prosecutor Coup but We Can Fight"
"Let's Practice from This Local Election, Candidates Should Be 'Na' Not 'Nam'"

Actor Moon Sung-geun [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Actor Moon Sung-geun criticized the election of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol as a "soft coup by legal bandits (法匪)" and encouraged fundraising by saying, "to endure and overcome the Yoon Seok-yeol prosecution regime, democratic politicians must be helped not to be caught up over 'money'."

On the 27th, Moon posted on Facebook under the title "'Let's fully fund the Democratic Party candidates for 'me'" and made this claim.

Introducing the documentary on Brazilian politics, "Democracy in Crisis," he said, "When Prosecutor General Yoon's rampage began, many people referred to this documentary as a 'soft coup by legal bandits,'" and explained, "When President Dilma's (successor to Lula) approval rating fell, the prosecution and judiciary launched a soft coup under the banner of 'anti-corruption.' Dilma was impeached, and when Lula decided to run in the by-election, he was even imprisoned."

He continued, "Although we suffered a prosecutorial coup, we are different from Brazil and can fight back. Our Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun had already implemented political reforms," adding, "During their administrations, election laws and political funding laws were sequentially revised to prohibit 'providing money and entertainment,' allow candidates to 'establish support committees,' and introduce the 'public election system,' thereby freeing elections to some extent from money."

Moon claimed, "There have been several cases of alleged coercion to commit perjury. For example, the cases of lawmakers Shin Gye-ryun and Kim Jae-yoon, who lost their seats and served sentences after a school operator under investigation for embezzlement testified that they gave bribes; the similar case of former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook was a success for them, while the cases of Yoo Si-min and Kang Ki-jung were failures."

He asked, "Why do such cases keep emerging?" and said, "Isn't it because they want to damage the democratic forces but find it difficult to find politicians who received 'illegal political funds,' so they resort to such reckless operations?"

He emphasized that to avoid being caught up in such attacks, support should be given to Democratic Party politicians, stating, "What makes Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun great is that they provided the last stronghold for politicians striving to create a better world to endure."

He also urged, "Let's put this into practice starting from this local election. Basic councilors, metropolitan councilors, basic local government heads, and metropolitan local government heads can all open support committees, so let's fully fund the support limits for the candidates I support," and concluded, "South Korea adopts a representative democracy system. Candidates represent my will. They are not 'others' but 'me.' Wouldn't it be great as a citizen to share the costs bit by bit for 'me'?"

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.