"Must Feel Joint Responsibility for the Situation"
"What Are You Doing Besides Just Talking?"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, declared a hunger strike on the occasion of his first anniversary in office, citing reasons such as opposition to the discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima. In response, former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min criticized it as "absurd," but Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Yi-won-young countered by criticizing Yoo, saying he "only talks."


On the 1st, Yang Yi-won-young said through her social media (SNS), "With what sense of shame does former lawmaker Yoo criticize Leader Lee's hunger strike?"

Candidate Yang I-won-young, who ran for the party's Supreme Council member, is presenting her policy speech at the preliminary primary election for the selection of the Democratic Party's party leader and Supreme Council members held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building on the 28th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Candidate Yang I-won-young, who ran for the party's Supreme Council member, is presenting her policy speech at the preliminary primary election for the selection of the Democratic Party's party leader and Supreme Council members held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building on the 28th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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She questioned, "His own party is ruining the country, but what is he doing besides just talking?" and "Facing citizens who are suffering and frustrated in a collapsing national dignity, a worsening economy, and a cruel and harsh life, what exactly is he doing?"


She added, "If the People Power Party created a president who is ruining the country, they should at least take responsibility as the ruling party for national normalization, but they have become a group of politicians who put the people last and only worry about preserving their positions while watching the Yongsan Presidential Office," raising her voice. "Does blaming the opposition leader by someone who should feel joint responsibility in this situation lessen that responsibility?"



Former lawmaker Yoo had criticized on his SNS the day before, saying, "Despite having a majority of seats for the past year, they have failed to properly fulfill the role and responsibility of the opposition due to their own mistakes and faults. Now, what is this absurd hunger strike for?" and called it "a hunger strike with no emotion, resonance, or regret."


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