Lee Jae-myung: "People Power Party will cut ties with Yoon Seok-yeol as if a hotteok shop is on fire"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, fiercely criticized the People Power Party as an "extreme right-wing fascist party that would even abandon its own parents" and predicted that they would "soon sever ties with Yoon Seok-yeol."

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, attending the first trial of the appeal on January 23 for alleged violation of the Public Official Election Act, and President Yoon Seok-youl attending the 7th impeachment trial hearing on February 11. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

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On the same day, Lee shared an article related to a public opinion poll showing that the majority supports a regime change on Facebook, posting a message titled "People Power Party Yoon Seok-yeol Betrayal D-85," saying, "On February 16, I said that the People Power Party would declare a 'break with Yoon Seok-yeol' within 100 days. Now, 85 days remain," putting pressure on the ruling party.

He harshly criticized the People Power Party, saying, "They have no values they pursue, only falsely claim conservatism out of necessity, and for the sake of real interests and desires, they recruit even 'enemies' and are an extreme right-wing fascist party that would abandon their own parents. Because of this, they collude and conform to destroy even the constitution and the rule of law, which are the most essential values and order that conservatism must protect."

He added, "Despite being the ruling party, they do nothing productive and deceive the people with all kinds of lies and abusive language, constantly slandering the opposition and obstructing them. Their confusion must have gone beyond limits, and I feel sorry, wondering why they are like that."

He continued, "They supported the rebel leader Yoon Seok-yeol and quickly aligned with violent far-right forces that destroy the courts, the symbol of the rule of law, because they thought those forces were powerful. But the moment the collective intelligence of the people is activated and those forces are subdued and weakened, the People Power Party will betray the rebel leader Yoon Seok-yeol and the violent far-right agitators, pretending as if nothing happened." He also predicted, "From now on, there will be fierce debates over Yoon Seok-yeol's betrayal like a house on fire, and finally, within 85 days, betrayal will become the trend, leading to severing ties with Yoon Seok-yeol and replacing the leadership."

He lamented, "Can the ruling party of the Republic of Korea, a recognized cultural powerhouse and exemplary democracy by the world, as well as a top 5 military power and top 10 economic power, be like this?"

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