Oh Se-hoon: "Opposition's Special Committee Formation is a 'Poll Martial Law'... Should Serve as a Cautionary Example"

"No Misreading of the Rebound in Approval Ratings"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon criticized, saying, "The Democratic Party of Korea first tried to censor the private conversations of the people with a 'KakaoTalk martial law,' and now they have launched a 'poll martial law,' claiming to verify public opinion polls."

On the 21st, Mayor Oh pointed out on Facebook, "They stay silent when it is favorable to them, but when it becomes unfavorable, they raise issues of 'biased surveys' and even threaten to visit the offices of polling agencies."

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Recently, as various polls showed the People Power Party leading the Democratic Party in support, the Democratic Party announced the establishment of a 'Special Committee for Poll Verification and System Improvement.' This committee aims to verify distortions and manipulations in polls and, if suspicious or problematic points are found, request investigations from the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission.

Mayor Oh emphasized, mentioning the Democratic Party's political strife, "The reason public sentiment has turned away lies with the Democratic Party itself." He sharply criticized, "Despite national turmoil, the reversal in support rates between the ruling and opposition parties resulted from focusing on political strife, legal controversies, and shielding Lee Jae-myung instead of stabilizing people’s livelihoods. Why look for the cause outside?"

Targeting the Democratic Party, he described their attitude as "'arrogance' that tries to censor even public sentiment, 'shirking responsibility' by blaming polling agencies, and 'childish politics' solely to protect Lee Jae-myung," adding, "It is time for our party to take the Democratic Party as a negative example."

At the same time, Mayor Oh spoke with the intention that the meaning of the rising support within the party should be properly interpreted. He said, "There must never be any misunderstanding or misreading of the poll rebound as pure support for the party," and added, "We must apply stricter standards to ourselves and prioritize national stability and the people’s livelihoods."

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