Lee Jun-seok "Democratic Party's Impeachment Remarks Are Election Rejection... Apologize"

Emergency Press Conference Held at the National Assembly on the 31st Afternoon
Directed at the Democratic Party as "Malicious and Planned"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kum Bo-ryeong] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, strongly criticized the Democratic Party of Korea, which mentioned 'impeachment,' calling it 'refusal to accept the presidential election results.'

On the afternoon of the 31st, Lee held an emergency press conference at the National Assembly and said, "The Democratic Party publicly mentioned impeachment just three weeks after the government took office," adding, "The Democratic Party should promptly apologize for the impeachment remarks within today." The Democratic Party stated that the AI promotional video featuring President Yoon Seok-yeol violated the obligation of election neutrality and said that 'impeachment is even possible.'

In response, Lee said, "As the public well knows, the Democratic Party is a party that cannot help but brag about its muscles whenever it gains even a little power," and added, "They are already trying to show off their muscles by shouting for impeachment in this local election as well."

He continued, "They want to say the word impeachment so badly, but having no pretext, they are raising the word impeachment to the surface by asking whether the AI Yoon Seok-yeol campaign video produced during the presidential election period reflects the president's intentions."

Lee also pointed out, "The Democratic Party must have already known before talking about impeachment that the video was produced during the presidential election period. And nowhere in the video is there any voice urging support for the local elections," adding, "Nevertheless, raising the word impeachment to the surface while alleging presidential election interference is malicious and deliberate."

He then said, "The Democratic Party's obstruction of the Yoon Seok-yeol government's launch throughout this election and finally pulling out impeachment as the last election strategy is a refusal to accept the presidential election results."

After the press conference, in a meeting with reporters, Lee said, "They (the Democratic Party) seem to take impeachment lightly because they hold the majority of seats," emphasizing, "Although the opposition coalition holds over 170 seats, the word impeachment is never a word to be used lightly."

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