I Yang-su: "The Opposition's Contamination Water Offensive Has Crossed the Line... They Should Also Consider People's Livelihood"

Lee Yang-su, Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the People Power Party, SBS Interview
"Yoon Impeachment Claim? ... A Message to Hardcore Supporters"

Lee Yang-su, the senior deputy floor leader of the People Power Party, raised his voice saying that public anxiety is intensifying due to the opposition party's excessive attacks on contaminated water, stating, "They have gone far beyond the limit."

On the 24th, Lee said on SBS Radio's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' "If people say things like 'If you eat this, something terrible will happen,' or 'This is the second Pacific War,' our citizens will stop eating seafood," adding, "Our fishermen will all go bankrupt, and sashimi restaurants will fail, so the opposition party should consider the livelihoods of the people."

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at a candlelight rally on the 23rd urging the withdrawal of Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean dumping. Photo by Yonhap News

Lee criticized, "The current statements from the Democratic Party are too excessive," and said, "It seems they are exploiting the gaps in the public's anxiety and fear to dispel the judicial risks of Representative Lee Jae-myung and hoping that the government and ruling party will be damaged. It is hard to see this as anything but an impure intention."

Regarding Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min's call for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol over responsibility for the contaminated water discharge decision, Lee said, "This is a political message aimed at hardcore supporters, and ordinary citizens do not pay attention to such talk, so it is meaningless in terms of political expansion."

He continued, "It will create strong cohesion among hardcore supporters, and probably Kim Yong-min and others will receive applause and donations," adding, "However, if you engage in extreme politics that only look at such hardcore supporters and fandom supporters, you will eventually lose the moderate voters, resulting in the Democratic Party shrinking into a very small party."

Furthermore, Lee stated regarding the fishermen support budget, "The government initially allocated 200 billion won, but besides that, there are various tax benefits and existing policy tools, such as foreign currency fund support and loan expansions, all of which are being considered and prepared," adding, "The government and ruling party are preparing as much as possible."

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