Hong Joon-pyo: "Yoo Seung-min, the mastermind behind ousting Joo Gun in collusion with the Democratic Party"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 14th, Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo referred to a regional daily newspaper column linking former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min and Lieutenant Colonel Kim O-rang, saying, "He is the main person who led the role of collaborating with the Democratic Party to pull his lord down from the presidential seat," thereby checking former lawmaker Yoo.

On the same day, Mayor Hong said on his social network service (SNS), "Today, while reading a column in a prominent Daegu daily about Lieutenant Colonel Kim O-rang and Yoo Seung-min, I thought it was a rather absurd analogy."

Lieutenant Colonel Kim was a figure who was shot dead on the spot while trying to protect his superior who opposed the coup during the December 12, 1979 incident. The column explained the connection between Lieutenant Colonel Kim and former lawmaker Yoo and also emphasized their commonality by stating that Lieutenant Colonel Kim was also called a 'traitor.'

In response, Mayor Hong questioned, "Lieutenant Colonel Kim was a righteous soldier who died trying to protect his lord, but isn't former lawmaker Yoo the very person who led the role of collaborating with the Democratic Party to pull his lord (former President Park Geun-hye) down from the presidential seat?"

The column also indirectly criticized President Yoon Seok-youl by borrowing Mayor Hong's words during the presidential primary, "I investigated about 1,000 people and arrested about 200. How brutal must the investigation have been for five people to commit suicide?"

Mayor Hong responded, "I don't understand the criticism of the current President Yoon by using my words from the presidential primary," adding, "Although what I said is a fact, considering that, didn't the TK overwhelmingly support President Yoon?"

Recently, Mayor Hong has made several remarks targeting former lawmaker Yoo. On the 1st, he said, "When the president is in trouble, silence is helping," and on the 3rd, he said, "I'm tired of the talk about reform conservatism." On the 11th, while targeting several party leadership candidates, he said, "People with a history of betrayal should leave," a remark thought to be aimed at former lawmaker Yoo.

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