Lee Jun-seok Launches YouTube Channel: "Restoring Teacher Authority Is Not an Issue of the Student Rights Ordinance"

Political Moves Intensify Ahead of General Election
"Conservatives, Have You Even Read the Student Human Rights Ordinance?"

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok recently launched a personal YouTube channel called 'Yeouido Reconstruction Association.' On his channel, Lee expressed his views on controversial issues such as the restoration of teachers' authority. This move is being seen as a full-fledged effort to raise his political voice ahead of next year's general election.

In a video posted on the 30th on 'Yeouido Reconstruction Association,' Lee said, "I really hope the discussion about restoring teachers' authority does not center around beating children." He added, "In a society where it is fundamentally established that people should not hit each other, trying to pursue some other public interest by changing this is simply absurd."

Former Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the People Power Party. [Photo by Lee Jun-seok YouTube channel capture]

He questioned, "During the conservative politicization of the Student Human Rights Ordinance, there have been talks about progressive superintendents, but I wonder if those discussing this have actually read the ordinance," and stated, "The enforcement decree, which is a higher-level concept than the ordinance, already prohibits corporal punishment."

He continued, "The problem is not the Student Human Rights Ordinance itself, but rather the basic contractual relationship between parents and teachers regarding education," emphasizing, "My main argument is that parents should not demand anything beyond education, such as childcare, from teachers."

He further argued, "Most cases of teachers' rights violations currently involve childcare or sometimes the judicial domain, so there is a need to legislate a complete separation between education and childcare."

In a video posted the day before, Lee advocated for opening North Korean broadcasts to the domestic audience. He claimed that if North Korean broadcasts were accessible domestically, people would listen to North Korea's perspective and make judgments accordingly, and that the government selectively choosing and delivering North Korea-related information to the public could be more dangerous than North Korea itself.

Earlier, Lee had launched the YouTube channel stating, "I will become the people's affection and hammer to reconstruct Yeouido politics." As of that day, he had gathered over 10,000 subscribers. The YouTube broadcasts feature members classified as part of the Lee Jun-seok faction called 'Cheon-A-Yong-In' (Cheon Haram, Heo Eun-ah, Kim Yong-tae, Lee Gi-in), including Cheon Haram, former People Power Party Jeonnam Suncheon-gap district committee chairman, and Lee Gi-in, a member of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council. The format mainly involves policy discussions between Lee and Cheon Haram.

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