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Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, sharply criticized President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 25th, saying, "'The people are always right,' but is the actual behavior really so?" and added, "Words and actions are separate, or as the saying goes these days, 'mal-tta-haeng-tta' (words one thing, actions another)."

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At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Lee said, "Actions are more important than words, and people's livelihood is more important than ideology," and urged, "I ask the Yoon Suk-yeol administration to stop the ideological war and listen more carefully to the voices of our people suffering from high prices and living difficulties."

Lee pointed out that President Yoon, during his recent overseas trip, once again raised ideological debates by claiming that our education is trapped in ideology, and that the government and ruling party only pay lip service to the 'will of the people' and 'people's livelihood' but ultimately incite ideological conflicts.

He emphasized, "If the president's words are not to be empty slogans, such behavior that adds ideological conflicts to an already difficult livelihood situation must no longer continue," and called for "a major shift in the government and ruling party to align words with actions."

Lee also urged a shift in the government's economic policy.

He criticized, "The Yoon economic team has persistently sung the tune of 'high in the early part and low in the latter part' (sang-jeo-ha-go), but the conclusion, as our Democratic Party has repeatedly emphasized, is 'high in the early part and high in the latter part' (sang-jeo-ha-jeo)." He added, "Are things looking beautiful because you are comfortably looking down on the world from a warm room?"

Lee said, "The people's suffering is immense. The government must increase its role especially in difficult times," and stated, "The Yoon administration must acknowledge that our economy is in an unprecedented crisis."

He continued, "While it is of course important to learn about and exchange foreign cultures abroad, I sincerely recommend that the government properly take care of the difficult lives of the Korean people."

He added, "Go and see for yourself. Not just to take pictures, but to truly understand how difficult the situation our people are in," and urged, "Instead of just shouting slogans like 'into the field' or having words and actions separate, please actually go into the field."

Supreme Council members of the Democratic Party also criticized the Yoon administration's mere lip service to 'people's livelihood communication.'

Supreme Council member Jung Cheong-rae referred to a poll showing President Yoon's approval rating dropping to the 20% range, saying, "The alienation of public sentiment has begun to appear in numbers." He added, "When the president's approval rating falls to the 20% range, it becomes difficult to maintain the administration," and criticized, "Yet the government and ruling party are attacking the National Election Commission's vote counting system and even seem to be suppressing ARS opinion polls."

Jung scolded, "If you are hungry, you should eat, so why blame your stomach?" and said, "No matter how much commotion the Innovation Committee makes with this mindset, what use is it?"

Supreme Council member Seo Young-kyo criticized President Yoon's frequent overseas trips that day, saying, "The economy is difficult, so I looked into what the president has been doing. In the past year and a half, he has gone abroad 14 times, and this year, except for February, he has been overseas continuously."

Seo said, "There are also overseas trips scheduled for November and December. We wait to see what the president will bring back, but there are no special achievements," and raised her voice, "The R&D budget, job creation budget, and local love gift certificate budget have all been cut, but only the overseas trip budget has increased."

She added, "The budget is lavishly made for the president, but the (people's livelihood) budget is being cut, so how could the people be happy?" and criticized, "I don't understand the overseas trip photos taken by the presidential office. Civilian Kim Geon-hee is in the center of the photo. Why do they keep posting photos with Mrs. Kim in the middle?"

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