Lee Jun-seok: "People Power Party's Armchair Politics... Reform Party Will Keep Running Until the End"

Raises Criticism Against People Power Party on Facebook on May 17
"We Will Do Politics That Meets Voters Directly"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, has strongly criticized the People Power Party.

Lee Jun-seok, the Chairman of the Reform New Party's General Election Committee, is speaking at the 1st Central Election Committee meeting for the June 3 local elections held at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

On May 17, through a Facebook post, Lee stated, "If conservative politics lies down and gives up in this election, there will be no place to stand up again in the future."

He continued, "Traditionally, the weekend right before the campaign period is so busy meeting voters that even a single minute or second feels precious. However, looking at the weekend schedules of People Power Party's metropolitan mayoral candidates, their days are filled with attending opening ceremonies for basic-level mayoral candidates, holding press conferences, and gathering empty endorsements. This isn't even 'bedroom football,' it's 'indoor football'—it's politics from the couch. Waiting under a persimmon tree for the fruit to fall means everything ends when the tree withers and dies," he pointed out.

Lee also said, "Countless voters who support conservative values are now at a loss as to where to cast their votes," adding, "A party that cannot present a vision to them does not deserve their votes."

He further emphasized, "The Reform New Party and I will keep running until the end. If the debate microphone is taken away from us, we will speak out even louder on the streets, in marketplaces, and in the lives of young people. We will practice politics that meets voters directly, not politics that lies down and gives up."

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