“Inciting a crisis with light words like moving a chessboard piece… Han Ki-ho is expelled”“Are you trying to cover up the regime crisis? Yoon and the Chung-Am faction have a plan”

 

            Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaks at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 25th. From the right, floor leader Park Chan-dae, leader Lee, and senior Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok. 2024.10.25/News 1

 

The Democratic Party of Korea launched a fierce attack on the 25th on People Power Party lawmaker Han Ki-ho for sending a text message

to National Security Office Director Shin Won-sik asking for cooperation from Ukraine to attack North Korean troops deployed in Russia and use it for psychological warfare against the North. At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung said, “I hope President Yoon Seok-yeol immediately holds Minister Shin Won-sik accountable,” and “I hope the People Power Party participates in the strong measure of expelling Rep. Han.”

He pointed out, “Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula to the point where it wouldn’t be strange if war broke out at any moment,” and “Residents in the border areas are complaining of pain and hardship to the point of mental illness due to the noise from loudspeakers even in broad daylight, not to mention the threats in their daily lives.”

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He continued, “They say that a North Korean waste balloon fell precisely over the presidential office yesterday,” and criticized, “Despite this situation, the ruling party asked the chief of the presidential office’s national security office to seek cooperation from Ukraine to bomb and strike North Korean units with missiles. Let’s use it for psychological warfare. Russia is responding again.” He

also criticized, “It’s really hard to understand why they’re doing such a dangerous thing,” and asked, “Is the government, which couldn’t even protect young Marines and countless young people in Itaewon, trying to bring the war that broke out in a foreign land to the Korean Peninsula?” He

then emphasized, “They need to come to their senses,” and “The government and the ruling party should apologize for fanning the flames with frivolous words, like moving a piece on a chessboard, rather than allaying the concerns of our people about the already unstable security situation.”

Floor leader Park Chan-dae also said, “It’s a very dangerous idea that treats the lives of the people as pieces on a chessboard,” and insisted, “Whether they’re liaison officers or observers, they’re actually sending soldiers, so it’s called dispatching troops.” He said, “It’s just psychological warfare, but if this situation becomes reality, will it end as a psychological war?” and “Are they planning to start a proxy war between the South and the North in a faraway foreign land and even cause a military clash between the South and the North?” Floor leader Park said, “Are they trying to cover up the political crisis the government is facing by starting a war?” and “This is something that we absolutely cannot overlook, so we will definitely hold the parties involved accountable.” Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok said, “The conspiracy that was in progress, even to the point of holding an emergency meeting, was revealed through Han Ki-ho’s text messages,” and directly criticized Han Ki-ho as “a ‘covered accomplice.’” Supreme Council member Kim said, “On the same day, the Minister of National Defense announced a plan to dispatch troops to an unacceptable conflict zone without the consent of the National Assembly, and the president mentioned providing lethal weapons.” He claimed, “Kim Kun-hee, Yoon Seok-yeol, and the Chungam faction all had a plan. They were trying to spread the flames of Ukraine to Seoul.” He continued, “They must all be cut down. “They are warning of retaliation, claiming that North Korea’s drones invaded, but the commander of the Chungam faction’s counterintelligence unit hung up a picture of the murderer Chun Doo-hwan, and Kim Yong-hyun, who is a defenseless former strategist who has no respect for Cha Ji-cheol, is preparing to come to the National Assembly, which he never visited, and appeal for Kim Kun-hee’s innocence and the eradication of anti-state forces,” he said. Supreme Council member Kim Byung-joo said, “Why are you putting our people and our soldiers in danger?” and urged, “I urge the Yoon Seok-yeol administration to immediately stop its extremely dangerous act of sending our people to a battlefield.” Supreme Council member Lee Un-joo said, “We will never forgive any force that threatens our national interests even a little bit,” and “The president who threatens the lives, safety, and property of the people with his reckless war games is by no means an exception. If you don’t have the confidence to take responsibility for the lives and property of 50 million people, then stop now.” Meanwhile, on Dokdo Day, Representative Lee emphasized, “The voluntary and passionate efforts of our people to honor Dokdo are also a warning to the government’s actions and absurd remarks that insist on one-sided diplomacy toward Japan,” and “I hope the government will use Dokdo Day as an opportunity to look back on its diplomacy toward Japan.”