Park Young-sun Criticizes President Yoon and Lee Jae-myung Side by Side: "People Annoyed by Losing Their Original Intent"

Park Young-sun, then Chairman of the Digital and Innovation Great Transformation Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea's election campaign headquarters, visited Sinyeong Market in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on December 28 last year and held a meeting with small business owners. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Myunghwan] Former Minister of SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun criticized both President Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, saying, "The public is annoyed and struggling as they see the loss of original intentions."

On the 25th, Park posted on her social media (SNS) under the title "Alice in Wonderland - Strange Remarks from the Red Team and the Blue Team," expressing this view. She likened President Yoon to the Red Team and Lee to the Blue Team, arguing that their recent remarks stem from arbitrariness and stubbornness.

Regarding President Yoon's explanation that the Ministry of Employment and Labor's announcement on the "revision of the 52-hour workweek system" was "not an official government announcement," and his strong reaction to the police personnel controversy calling it a "disruption of national order," Park pointed out, "What is an official government announcement, and what constitutes a disruption of national order?" She added, "If a minister's announcement is not the official stance of the government, it means they have voluntarily admitted to being a 'dysfunctional family' lacking communication."

As for Lee, Park criticized his recent remarks about whether to run in the party leadership election, such as "I am troubled 108 times" and "Even if I become party leader, it would be a personal loss," saying, "What is a personal loss or a matter to be troubled over? If one is so idle and calculating as to consider personal loss, doesn't that mean they have voluntarily admitted that they should not perform public duties?"

She stated, "The Democratic Party brought up the phrase 'Lee Jae-myung's Democratic Party' during the presidential election," and added, "Even before the party convention, phrases like 'whose Democratic Party' are coming up, but the party belongs not to any individual but to the people."

Regarding Lee's candidacy for the by-election in Gyeyang District, Incheon, she said, "If it were me, I would not have run," adding, "The Democratic Party's strategy and structure of turning the local elections into a 'second presidential election' was very wrong."

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