Lee Jae-myeong, “Gangwon Province will fall when Gyeonggi division is implemented.”
Dong-Hoon Han “arrogant and unreasonable claim”
Yangsoo Lee, “Gangwon degrading forces…please judge them.”
Gangwon Youth Councilors “Criticize Gangwon in the North Gyeonggi Province”
“Lee Jae-myung, trampling on Gangwon’s dream… apologize to the people of the province.”
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Lee Young-hwan = People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon is speaking at the National Election Committee meeting held at the central party headquarters in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 24th. 2024.03.24. [email protected]
[서울=뉴시스]Reporter Ha Ji-hyun = On the 24th, the People Power Party urged Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, to apologize and express its position for his statement at a campaign site in northern Gyeonggi the previous day that “there is a very high possibility that the province will be degenerated into Gangwon-do Province” regarding the plan to promote Gyeonggi Province’s division.
Han Dong-hoon, Chairman of the People Power Party’s Emergency Response Committee, said at the National Election Committee meeting held at the central party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul this morning, “Representative Lee made a prepared statement in front of the citizens of Uijeongbu that if Gyeonggi Province is immediately implemented, there is a high possibility that it will be reduced to Gangwon Province.” “There is no reason for words like this to suddenly pop out,” he said.
He said, “Representative Lee’s remarks the previous day included a connotation of disparaging Gangwon-do. Otherwise, the expression ‘deterioration’ would not be used,” and “Representative Lee seems to have the perception that Gangwon-do is worse than Gyeonggi-do, but he is extremely arrogant and irrational. “claim,” he pointed out.
He continued, “The public will be very confused as to whether the opposition to Gyeonggi Province decentralization is the official position of the Democratic Party, or whether Gyeonggi Governor Kim Dong-yeon, who belongs to the same party, is pushing for Gyeonggi division, is the Democratic Party’s position,” he said. “I hope you show a clear position. It is a policy that is different from ours.” “Let’s ask the people about their choice in this general election,” he said.
Chairman Han said, “Representative Lee hopes to clearly state the party’s official position agreed upon with Governor Kim Dong-yeon regarding the push for division of Gyeonggi Province,” and added, “We urge an apology to the 1.53 million Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province residents for referring to Gangwon as a target of decline.” revealed.
Park Jeong-ha, chief spokesperson for the Central Election Committee’s public information chief and Gangwon Provincial Party Chairman, also criticized Representative Lee’s remarks to reporters after the meeting, saying, “The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, where there was an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties, is just a trick by the Democratic Party to get votes.”
He continued, “Representative Lee’s remarks, where he talked about balanced regional development every time he opened his mouth and expressed his love for Gangwon-do, can only be understood as Season 2 of the Gangwon-do version of ‘Do you really think I respect you because I say I respect you? Do you think I really love you because I love Gangwon-do?’ “It doesn’t work,” he pointed out.
He said, “Representative Lee cancels this statement immediately and urges a public response from the Democratic Party candidates campaigning in the eight Gangwon regions to find out what they are thinking.”
Lee Yang-soo, senior vice-president of the National Assembly, who has constituencies in Sokcho, Inje, Goseong, and Yangyang in Gangwon Province, issued a statement on this day and urged, “Please bring strict judgment to those who frequently make disparaging remarks about Gangwon Province.”
He said, “Representative Lee visited Gangwon-do in June of last year for a political offensive over the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and it is doubtful that he went to Gangwon-do a few days ago as an excuse to skip his Daejangdong trial.” “Is it a good place to use?” he asked.
In addition, “The dictionary meaning of ‘deterioration’ is to fall into a bad or corrupt state,” he said. “Are you saying that to Representative Lee, Gangwon-do is a corrupt region that has fallen down?” He added, “Gangwon-do is being used by Representative Lee for political purposes and is being used by other local governments.” “It is by no means an easy place to compare and belittle,” he protested.
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Lee Young-hwan = Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is visiting the Seoul Express Bus Terminal in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 24th and greeting citizens along with Seocho-gap candidate Kim Hanna and Seocho-eul candidate Hong Ik-pyo. (Joint coverage) 2024.03.24. [email protected]
The party’s Gangwon Youth Regional Council also visited the People Power Party’s central party headquarters this morning and held a press conference, pointing out, “Representative Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party’s neglect of Gangwon-do is not something that just happened in a day or two.”
He continued, “The Democratic Party assassinatedly nominated Gangwon Provincial Party Chairman Kim Woo-young as a candidate for Seoul’s Eunpyeong, and used the person who ran as a candidate for Gangneung mayor in the last local election as a tool to purge the non-Korean (non-Jae-Myeong) candidate.”
In addition, he explained, “Lee Kwang-jae, former member of the Wonju Gap National Assembly, resigned from his position as a member of the National Assembly to run for governor of Gangwon Province and created a by-election. After losing the election, he served as secretary general of the National Assembly and is currently nominated as a candidate for Seongnam Gap, Gyeonggi Province.”
In addition, former lawmaker Choi Min-hee, who ran as a candidate for the Democratic Party of Namyangju-gap, Gyeonggi-do, criticized in 2021 for saying rude things like, ‘Is Gangwon-do not quarantined? That was the first thing I thought’ and ‘Is Gangwon-do an extraterritorial zone for everything?'”
They said, “Representative Lee’s outrageous remarks are a division of the nation following his previous ‘two-shot’ outrageous remarks,” and “Not only did they divide by voting tendencies, but they also divided by region, trampling on Gangwon-do’s dreams and future as well.”
The Gyeonggi-Seoul Renovation TF of the party’s central election committee issued a statement, saying, “This is politician-like language that divides the people while talking about the second party,” and added, “There is absolutely no consideration for the citizens of northern Gyeonggi Province, who are suffering from economic underdevelopment and inconveniences in life due to various regulations.” He criticized, “This is the height of common sense in belittling even Gangwon-do residents.”
He continued, “Representative Lee is belittling the province by saying, ‘If you divide northern Gyeonggi Province, it will become Gangwon Province.’ If Gangwon-do citizens hear this, they will be shocked,” he said, adding, “Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province is a model for promoting special self-governance that seeks new development in northern Gyeonggi Province.” all.
At the same time, he said, “I do not understand how Lee Jae-myung, who served as the governor of Gyeonggi Province, led the Gyeonggi provincial government without knowing the basic framework of regional development policies,” and added, “Please sincerely apologize to the people of Gangwon-do for disparaging Gangwon-do and Gangwon-do residents.” “He urged.
Earlier, Representative Lee Jae-myeong said at a campaign site in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province the previous day, “If you immediately implement division without financial measures, there is a very high possibility that you will be reduced to ‘Gangwon Seo-do.’”
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