"Violence is a No-Go, Not for Yoon"… Urging Restraint to Yoon Supporters

"Police Violence Also Difficult to Accept"

The People Power Party on the 19th urged restraint regarding the violent incident at the Seoul Western District Court by supporters opposing the arrest of President Yoon Seok-yeol, stating, "The People Power Party firmly opposes all forms of violence."

On the morning of the same day, Kwon Young-se, the Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, held an emergency meeting at the National Assembly and said, "There were some rough protests by certain citizens during the arrest warrant hearings yesterday and today," adding, "Such illegal violent acts do not help anyone."

Chairman Kwon stated, "This is not for the benefit of President Yoon either," and said, "Throughout human history, violence has led to retaliatory violence, which in turn has caused severe social chaos, eventually leading to the rise of extreme dictators like Hitler." He also said, "There must be no more physical clashes and violence," and earnestly requested, "We sincerely ask the citizens to exercise restraint."

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Floor Leader Kwon Seong-dong said, "Although it is difficult and painful, even in the toughest situations, we must exercise self-restraint without crossing the boundaries of legality," adding, "Expressing our opinions within the legal framework will gain more public sympathy and lead to institutional improvements."

Floor Leader Kwon also said, "Above all, hatred that goes beyond this would be too heavy a burden even for President Yoon," and strongly appealed, "No matter what happens, violence must never be allowed."

In particular, Floor Leader Kwon said, "It is a situation where the responsibility for the violence at the scene yesterday cannot be unilaterally placed on the protesters," and added, "It is hard to accept that the police threw citizens around, kicked citizens' camera tripods, used shields to strike citizens who were trying to block violence with barricades, and that many police officers without name tags were present at the scene."

Floor Leader Kwon strongly requested, "I strongly urge Acting President Choi Sang-mok to promptly and thoroughly investigate the police's excessive and violent actions, which were not seen in other illegal rallies such as those by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minnochoong)."

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