Jeon Hae-cheol: "Lee Jae-myung Must Make More Efforts to Restrain Fandom"

"Close aide's death, must take responsibility as party leader"

Jeon Hae-cheol, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) classified as pro-Moon Jae-in (Chinmun), raised his voice, saying that Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, needs to make more efforts to control the attacks from Lee's strong fandom called 'Gaeddal (Daughters of Reform)'.

On the 13th, on MBC's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus,' Rep. Jeon said, "The beneficiary of fandom politics must make much more effort to control, restrain, and stop it."

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He added, "In fact, fandom politics itself is not a problem, but the current fandom politics attacks opposing parties in extreme ways and content," and said, "Recently, there has been sharing of a list called the 'Subak 7 traitors,' which even includes former President Moon Jae-in, and I think this reality is really serious."

'Subak' is a term meaning someone who is different inside and outside, referring to the non-mainstream faction within the party. Recently, Gaeddal held a 'Subak breaking' performance in front of the Democratic Party headquarters.

He expressed concern that attacks are spreading not only online but also offline. Rep. Jeon said, "I have been attacked a lot as well, not only through text messages and phone calls but recently also by people visiting my office offline or speaking at meetings," adding, "I seriously think that the degree has gone beyond the limit."

The so-called 'Moonpa,' strong supporters of former President Moon Jae-in, have also been pointed out as engaging in fandom politics in the past. However, at that time, former President Moon treated it as 'seasoning' and did not actively restrain it. Rep. Jeon said, "It is true that it existed even then, but it was not as extreme as now," and "Nevertheless, it was right to restrain the extreme behaviors more, and in fact, the day after his 'seasoning' remark, former President Moon expressed considerable regret and even apologized for the severity and standards."

This can be interpreted as meaning that Lee Jae-myung should also take a more active stance, just as former President Moon apologized. Rep. Jeon said, "It is not easy, but still, stronger statements need to be made about such matters," and "For example, the party said it would take measures against the use of terms like 'Subak' or extreme language, including various actions, and actual measures that can have a real effect should be taken."

Regarding the emerging responsibility theory within the party about Lee's responsibility for the death of a close aide during his time as governor of Gyeonggi Province, he said, "It is difficult for me to agree because it is not clear what the responsibility is or how it should be handled," adding, "However, it is true that the public feels great sorrow and suspicion about these incidents, so as party leader, it is necessary to watch the situation carefully with more responsibility and prepare countermeasures accordingly."

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