2024-04-11 18:07:13
Until the last minute of the 22nd general election, all negative battles that can be shown to the ‘bullshit’ battle are being shown. Policies that are directly related to the lives of the people have long since disappeared, and there are concerns that division in public opinion and political hatred will increase after the general election.
Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, took aim at the ruling party on YouTube’s ‘Kim Eo-jun’s Humility is Difficult News Factory’ on the 9th, saying, “If those people take over the majority of the National Assembly, the country will fall apart. What will happen is terrible.”
Representative Lee, who appeared at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul to attend the trial on suspicion of development corruption in Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong and donations to Seongnam FC this morning, cried and said, “I ask the people to take on the role of the representative of the main opposition party, which I cannot fulfill.” I also did it.
Han Dong-hoon, Chairman of the People Power Party’s Emergency Response Committee, pointed out at a campaign rally in the metropolitan area that day, “Those are not tears of reflection, but miserable tears begging to save oneself.” He also said, “I cry because I’m afraid that the Republic of Korea will collapse like this and our citizens will suffer. We want to protect our country, and I cry because we want to protect you all.”
At the last campaign rally a day before the general election, the two figures leading the major political parties exchanged threats and sarcasm that if they lost, the country would be ruined.
This negativity continued throughout this election. The ‘abusive language’ continues from the beginning of the election until the day before the main vote. The People Power Party canceled the nominations of candidates Jang Ye-chan and Do Tae-woo, and the Democratic Party canceled the nominations of candidate Jeong Bong-ju, citing abusive language, but they also devoted themselves to criticizing the other party’s harsh words without reflecting on the failure of nominations.
Recently, the ruling party continues to criticize the Democratic Party’s Suwon Jeong candidate Kim Jun-hyuk’s ‘absent language’ parade, calling it ‘pervert’, and the opposition party is busy defending it.
‘Green onion’ was also on the chopping block. It was the subject of a dispute between the ruling and opposition parties in that it symbolized high prices, but the opposition party only criticized it and failed to suggest a proper solution. The National Election Commission added fuel to the controversy by banning the possession of green onions in polling places. The ruling party is confronting the huge controversy by presenting ‘corporate card’ and ‘actress photo’, which are suspicions related to CEO Lee Jae-myung.
Another food, ‘pork belly’, is also controversial. Representative Lee, who ate pork belly after campaigning, was criticized by the ruling party for “common people’s cosplay” because there was beef on the table. Meanwhile, on the 8th, two days before the election, Chairman Han Dong-hoon and Incheon Gyeyang-eul candidate Won Hee-ryong, who are considered the ruling party’s sleeping dragons, staged a performance of eating pork belly at the same restaurant where Representative Lee ate pork belly.
Ahead of this general election, there was an atmosphere of reflection on the negative election. It was a pledge to hold policy elections instead of camp politics and hate politics due to the terrorist attack on Representative Lee Jae-myung and People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin (candidate for Songpa-eul, Seoul).
The New Reform Party in the 3rd zone also held a policy election campaign by making relay policy announcements. However, it is pointed out that as the Third Zone wind died down early and attracting supporters to the polls became the top priority for the major political parties, only negative feelings toward the other party remained.
There is great concern that such an election battle will only leave major aftereffects after the election. If politicians focus on messages to their supporters, anger toward the opposing camp is bound to increase.
There are also concerns about moderates turning away from politics. In a voter awareness survey (telephone interview) conducted from March 31 to April 1 by the National Election Commission and commissioned by Gallup Korea, 22% said they had not yet decided on either the candidate or the political party.
Political critic Lee Jong-hoon said, “This is the worst general election ever, and due to a negative campaign that is as negative as the last presidential election, it has become an election where you have to choose the lesser evil, not the best or the second best,” and added, “Unless the two major parties change through internal innovation, they will head toward extremes and fight fiercely.” “This will continue,” he said.
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2024-04-11 18:07:13