Taeyoungho "Democratic Party Only Interested in Preserving Moon's Achievements... No Reason to Delay Corresponding Measures"

The Democratic Party criticized the South Korean government's partial suspension of the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement in response to North Korea's military satellite launch, saying it was "to erase the achievements of the previous administration." In response, Tae Yong-ho, a People Power Party lawmaker and former North Korean diplomat, retorted, "Is the Democratic Party placing 'protecting Moon Jae-in's achievements' above the safety of the people?"

On the 28th, Tae stated on his social media, "The Yoon Seok-yeol administration's partial suspension of the September 19 military agreement in response to North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch was a minimal and unavoidable measure to protect the safety of about 20 million people in the Seoul metropolitan area, which is located only about 40 km from the Military Demarcation Line," emphasizing this point.

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He pointed out that the day before, Democratic Party spokesperson Park Sung-jun demanded in a written briefing, "The Yoon Seok-yeol administration should take responsibility and apologize for increasing security anxiety by trying to erase the achievements of the previous government," and said, "The Democratic Party spokesperson once again criticized the unavoidable measures of the Yoon administration as 'erasing the previous government's achievements.'"

Tae said, "If the Moon Jae-in administration had intended to create a proper inter-Korean military agreement, it should not have turned a blind eye to North Korea but rather adopted a common-sense approach of mutually strengthening surveillance to transparently verify the implementation of the military agreement," raising his voice, "There is no illogical or sloppy arms reduction agreement like the September 19 military agreement in the world."

He added, "The Democratic Party seems to be interested only in defending President Moon Jae-in's achievements, ignoring the lives and safety of the people," and stated, "Since the North Korean military has begun rearming its Guard Posts (GPs), there is no reason for us to delay taking corresponding measures."

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