Kim Kyung-soo: "Seobu District Court Riot, Result of Yoon's Incitement... The Democratic Party Must Take a Different Path"

"Western District Court Incident Will Mark
the Starting Point of Conservative Collapse"

After President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested on charges of leading an insurrection, some supporters broke into the Seoul Western District Court and caused an illegal violent incident. On the morning of the 20th, a day after the incident, police barricades remained damaged in front of the Western District Court in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jo Yong-jun

Former Gyeongnam Governor Kim Kyung-soo criticized the incident in which President Yoon Suk-yeol's ardent supporters stormed the Seoul Western District Court, saying, "The behavior shown by the rebel forces after the failure of martial law is unbearable to watch with open eyes."

On the 20th, Kim posted on his Facebook, "More surprising than the 'first arrest of a sitting president' was the 'first incitement of rebellion and riot by a sitting president,'" and pointed out, "The riot that occurred at the Western District Court was, when examined closely, the result of the continuous incitement by Yoon Suk-yeol, the leader of the rebellion."

He said, "President Yoon was the first president who claimed to be a prosecutor, a so-called enforcer and protector of the law," adding, "Not only did such a person instigate a rebellion that shook the constitution and national flag, but he also defied all legal procedures and was eventually arrested."

On the 18th, when the pre-arrest interrogation of President Yoon Seok-yeol is taking place, supporters of President Yoon are gathering near the Western District Court in Mapo-gu, Seoul, holding a rally. Photo by Jo Yong-jun

He continued, "Even former presidents Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo, Lee Myung-bak, and Park Geun-hye, who were far from the law, did not go through such a disgraceful process of arrest," and declared, "History will record the past few days as the starting point of the conservative collapse."

Furthermore, former Governor Kim emphasized, "We must go differently from them. We must be different to win," and said, "Extreme hatred and overthrow, unilateralism that does not accept differences, arrogance and pride. We must go in the exact opposite direction. We must be different from them to win. We must change for politics to change."

Meanwhile, on the early morning of the 19th, when President Yoon was arrested, his supporters stormed the Western District Court and caused a disturbance. The police urgently deployed 1,400 officers to suppress the situation, but 41 citizens and protesters and 42 police officers were injured.

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