Lee Jun-seok "Tears at Press Conference... Mixed Emotions While Talking About Corporal Chae"

Former Representative Lee Jun-seok SBS Radio Interview
"Tragic Death of Marine Born Through IVF"

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok revealed that he was overwhelmed with mixed emotions after shedding tears while speaking about the death of Corporal Chae during a press conference.

On the 17th, Lee appeared on SBS Radio's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show' and said, "Ultimately, this is a tragic incident where an only son, born through in vitro fertilization and enlisted in the Marine Corps from a certain family, died after going out on civil support due to unreasonable demands from his commander."

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He continued, "Whether the government tries to revive the economy or improve diplomacy, the results can vary depending on external factors despite efforts, and if the president works hard, I will not belittle that. But this is completely different. If they try to make a fool out of one person and end it like this in the current situation, how is this any better than the Moon Jae-in administration?" he criticized.

Regarding his statement at the press conference asking to "acknowledge the mistakes made over the past 17 months," he said, "Looking at the current situation, neither the ruling party nor the presidential office says anything at all. Even during the Moon Jae-in and Park Geun-hye administrations, it was common to see the spokesperson come out and brief the public, and President Lee Myung-bak even gave weekly radio speeches."

He added, "But now, all the messages from the ruling party or the government come out anonymously behind the scenes. They are people who fundamentally lack the qualifications to do politics or administration," strongly criticizing them.

Lee also responded to the criticism that the press conference was a "pretext for leaving the party," saying, "What groundwork is there to do? Haven't I suffered enough over the past year and a half?"

Furthermore, Lee demanded a direct statement from President Yoon. He said, "Any format is fine. He just needs to be honest directly. If he admits that until now he has set the wrong direction in state affairs and has only been attacking the ruling party, then going forward, he should say that he will focus on these and those aspects of people’s livelihoods."

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