Kwon Seong-dong: "Song Young-gil Mimics a Big Man with Voluntary Appearance Performance"

Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil, the key figure in the 'money envelope' suspicion, went to the prosecution even though he was not summoned and was sent back, prompting People Power Party lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong to criticize him, saying, "He is pretending to be a magnanimous person with a voluntary appearance performance."

On the 2nd, Kwon said through his social media (SNS), "Earlier this year, when party leader Lee Jae-myung also appeared before the prosecution, he compared himself to Kim Dae-jung and Jo Bong-am and acted like a political prisoner, and former leader Song is doing the same. Usually, such people are called 'Wigunja (?君子),'" he said.

Former leader Song Young-gil, identified as the key suspect in the 2021 Democratic Party of Korea's party convention cash envelope scandal, voluntarily appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 2nd and is making a statement. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

'Wigunja' refers to a person who pretends to be a noble person.

Kwon pointed out, "Former leader Song stated, 'Please arrest me, not the people around me,'" and added, "Is it acceptable for someone who has even served as the head of a public party to attempt judicial bargaining by saying, 'Let's settle this with just me'?"

Regarding Song's remark that "everything is my responsibility," Kwon sarcastically said, "But what responsibility has he taken? Is leaving the Democratic Party really taking responsibility?" and "In the Democratic Party, where leaving and rejoining is as common as going in and out of group chats, what political meaning does leaving the party have?"

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