Lee Junseok: "Republicans who let Trump run rampant suffered a landslide defeat... The Democratic Party of Korea will also be held accountable"

Warns the Democratic Party, Citing Republican Losses in the American South

Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the Reform Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea's push to force its special counsel bill on fabricated indictments through the National Assembly plenary session on the 5th, saying, "Just as the Republicans, who let President Trump's excesses go unchecked, suffered a crushing defeat, the Democratic Party of Korea will also be judged by voters."

In a post on his social media account that day, Lee made the same point, saying, "Look at the people who fawned over President Yoon Suk Yeol at the beginning of his term and were swept away by martial law, and the Republicans who suffered a historic defeat after allowing President Trump to run amok."

Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the Reform Party. Photo provided by Yonhap News.

"Unchecked power ultimately destroys its own party and is punished at the polls," he said, urging Democratic Party lawmakers to "stand against the unjust dismissal of indictments by the unrestrained Lee Jae-myung administration."

Referring in particular to the results of the U.S. midterm elections the previous day, he asked, "If you saw the news about Democrats sweeping Senate seats in the American South, do you think Gyeonggi's southern region and non-Gangnam areas of Seoul will be any different?"

At the Legislative Fair held at the National Assembly that afternoon, Lee reiterated, "If Democratic Party lawmakers do not stop President Lee Jae-myung from running amok and instead support him through legislation, that will determine their political future in the general election a year and a half from now."

He added, "Republican lawmakers must have acted arrogantly because they did not think they would be brought down in the South," and said, "If they have no intention of stopping President Lee Jae-myung from running amok, the Democratic Party will be punished even in its strongholds, whether in southern Gyeonggi, Honam or northern Seoul."

Lee Gi-in, acting chair of the Reform Party's emergency committee, who also attended, said, "I warn that pushing an issue that does not meet the public's expectations could lead not only to the dismissal of indictments but also to the downfall of the administration," adding, "The Reform Party will use every means at its disposal to prevent the dismissal of indictments."

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