"Ask People on the Street. Any Explanation Other Than Political Retaliation?"... Democratic Party's Full-Scale Response to Yoon Administration's Political Oppression

Opposition: "Attempt to Search Opposition Party Headquarters Unprecedented... Will Be Recorded as a Political Disaster in Our History"

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea are holding a picket in front of the Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 19th, condemning the prosecution's attempt to search the Democratic Research Institute.
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[Asia Economy Reporters Naju-seok and Park Joon-yi] On the 20th, lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Korea condemned the prosecution's search and seizure, stating, "We will fight to the end against the shameless regime's conspiracy to maintain power through incompetence and oppression."

On the same day, Democratic Party lawmakers held a party meeting at the National Assembly and read a 'Statement Condemning Political Oppression by the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration.' The statement included content condemning the prosecution's attempt to enter the Democratic Party's central office to conduct a search and seizure of Kim Yong, deputy director of the Democratic Research Institute, a research institute affiliated with the Democratic Party, and defining the audit and prosecution investigations related to the West Sea government official murder case as political oppression.

The lawmakers said, "The attempt to search and seize the headquarters of the main opposition party is a regressive political behavior unprecedented not only in the history of Korean politics but also in world political history," adding, "It will be recorded in our history as a 'political disaster' following the personnel, diplomacy, security, and economic disasters of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration."

They claimed, "Despite the ruling party's disruption and agitation of the National Assembly audit to hide the president's incompetence and lies, the Democratic Party has endured for the 'normalization of the audit,' considering the suffering people's livelihood economy and the suffering citizens. Nevertheless, the regime mobilized all available power institutions, including the police, Board of Audit and Inspection, and prosecution, to launch all-out retaliatory investigations to disrupt the audit."

The statement said, "Sealing the truth of the West Sea incident and the heinous criminal repatriation case, which are filled with all kinds of lies, the regime's dark intention to somehow implicate former President Moon Jae-in has been fully revealed," and argued, "The regime's intention is nothing other than trying to entangle former President Moon Jae-in in all cases."

Democratic Party lawmakers said, "Ask people on the street. Is there any way to explain this shameless regime's behavior without using the term 'political retaliation'?" and added, "Today, the Yoon Seok-yeol administration has thrown Korean politics to the ground. Cooperation has been thrown into the trash, and the country's economy and security stand on the brink of collapse."

They declared, "Ignoring the people's demand for comprehensive government reform and turning crisis into another crisis, this disastrous regime will be fought to the end against its conspiracy to maintain power through lies, hypocrisy, incompetence, and oppression."

The Democratic Party lawmakers demanded the cessation of the search and seizure attempts, an end to regime-level political oppression, and the resignation of the Prosecutor General.

Below is the full text of the condemnation statement.

"Condemning the unprecedented attempt to search and seize the opposition party headquarters and political oppression!"

The Yoon Seok-yeol administration must immediately stop its shameless oppression of the opposition party.

The attempt to search and seize the headquarters of the main opposition party is a regressive political behavior unprecedented not only in the history of Korean politics but also in world political history.

This will be recorded in our history as a 'political disaster' following the personnel, diplomacy, security, and economic disasters of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.

The Democratic Party defines the attempt to search and seize the opposition party headquarters as the reckless behavior of the political prosecution, which has become the personal army of power, and as a lowly political retaliation by the Yoon Seok-yeol administration intoxicated with power games just five months after its launch.

The Democratic Party has endured the ruling party's disruption and agitation of the National Assembly audit to hide the president's incompetence and lies, considering the suffering people's livelihood economy and the suffering citizens, for the 'normalization of the audit.' Nevertheless, the regime mobilized all available power institutions, including the police, Board of Audit and Inspection, and prosecution, to launch all-out retaliatory investigations to disrupt the audit.

On the 18th, arrest warrants were requested for former Minister of National Defense Seo Wook and other senior officials of the previous government; on the 19th, former Chief of Staff Noh Young-min was summoned for investigation; and just one day before the Supreme Prosecutors' Office National Assembly audit, a sudden attempt was made to search and seize the Democratic Party headquarters.

Now, the only remaining targets are President Yoon Seok-yeol's eyesores: former President Moon Jae-in and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.

Sealing the truth of the West Sea incident and the heinous criminal repatriation case, which are filled with all kinds of lies, the regime's dark intention to somehow implicate former President Moon Jae-in has been fully revealed. The regime's intention is nothing other than trying to entangle former President Moon Jae-in in all cases.

And that's not all.

With the start of the September National Assembly session, the non-custodial indictment of leader Lee Jae-myung, the indictment of those related to Seongnam FC just before the audit, and finally the attempt to search and seize the Democratic Party headquarters. The intention is clear: to recover the plummeting government approval ratings and to cut off the political life of Lee Jae-myung, the only political rival of President Yoon Seok-yeol.

Ask people on the street. Is there any way to explain this shameless regime's behavior without using the term 'political retaliation'?

Today, the Yoon Seok-yeol administration has thrown Korean politics to the ground.

Cooperation has been thrown into the trash, and the country's economy and security stand on the brink of collapse.

The government and ruling party, which should revive the collapsed livelihood and the crisis economy, are nowhere to be found. What remains is a ruling party like a scarecrow that cannot even chase away a sparrow, busy watching the incompetent president's every move, and an incompetent president who only shouts 'freedom and pro-North' without any measures.

Ignoring the people's demand for comprehensive government reform and turning crisis into another crisis, this disastrous regime will be fought to the end against its conspiracy to maintain power through lies, hypocrisy, incompetence, and oppression.

Therefore, we condemn as follows.

1. Stop the attempt to search and seize the Democratic Party headquarters immediately!

2. Stop the shameless opposition party oppression by the Yoon Seok-yeol administration immediately!

3. Resign, Prosecutor General, the scarecrow of power!

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