Opposition party “actually declares surrender to Japan… Applying the president’s disqualification” fiercely criticizes
The ruling and opposition parties clashed on the 6th over the government’s choice of ‘third party reimbursement’ as a method of compensation for victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation. The ruling party evaluated it as “the strong will of the Yoon Seok-yeol government toward future-oriented Korea-Japan relations,” while the opposition party protested it as “ruinous humiliating diplomacy.”
Park Jeong-ha, chief spokesman for People’s Power, said in a commentary, “Today’s announcement is not the end, but the starting point of another beginning.” will,” he said.
On the afternoon of the 6th, a citizen is taking a picture in front of the statue of forced laborers erected at Yongsan Station Plaza in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The government announced on the same day that the ‘Japanese Forced Mobilization Victims Support Foundation’ under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security will pay the judgment and delay interest to the plaintiff who is a victim of forced labor in connection with the Japanese forced labor solution. The foundation will be financed through voluntary contributions from the private sector. newsis
Chief Spokesperson Park said, “What made me take the courageous first step toward resolving the issue of forced labor was the unlimited responsibility for the elderly victims, the intense concern that we could no longer be left unattended, and the desperate need.” In the face of the threatening North Korean nuclear security crisis, the need for security cooperation between South Korea and Japan and the US and Japan is more urgent than ever.”
“We must never forget the brutal history of Japanese imperialism, but even if the past holds back our future, we must not let the solution to forced labor become another tool for political struggle while buried in the past,” he said. He pointed out that it only causes fatal harm to the national interest by causing isolation on the stage, but it does not help in any way toward the future.”
Kim Tae-ho, chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, who is a member of the People’s Power, also expressed his welcome on Facebook, saying, “You can’t just shout Jukchang-ga forever. Both the economy and security are buried in the sound of Jukchang-ga.”
Chairman Kim said, “In diplomacy that depends on national luck, national rationality must precede political logic.”
Jeong Jin-seok, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee, said, “The vicious cycle of using Korea-Japan relations for domestic politics instead of looking at them in a future-oriented way and worsening has continued. Wouldn’t you?” he said.
On the other hand, the opposition party strongly criticized it, saying, “It is in fact a declaration of surrender to Japan.”
Members of the Democratic Party of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee and independent member Kim Hong-geol held a press conference and said, “It is a typical self-denial solution, and a ruinous diplomacy and humiliation solution in which the victim government notices the perpetrator.” We have ruled on responsibility for compensation for damages, but the compensation plan shakes the ruling and breaks the spirit of the separation of powers for Japan.”
They said, “The South Korean government itself denies the Supreme Court precedent that stipulated relief for damages caused by illegal colonial rule and wars of aggression. The fact that this past statement is inherited is not different from Japan’s apology, even though there is no fact of forced labor.”
He continued, “The agreement to recognize this as an apology from Japan is no different from begging for a bow because I will kneel down to hear an apology without content.” It created a bizarre environment where everything worked in their favour.”
At the same time, he condemned, saying, “I cannot help but ask whether the future-oriented Korea-Japan relationship that the Yoon Seok-yeol government spoke of powerfully is the application of personal President Yoon Seok-yeol’s achievements.”
The Democratic Party’s ‘group of lawmakers calling for Japan’s apology for forced labor and direct compensation from companies for war crimes’ also held a press conference and said, “The government’s announcement is that Yang Geum-deok will not accept money without an apology from Japan and compensation from companies for war crimes, even if she starves to death.” They thoroughly ignored and scorned the cries of victims of forced mobilization, such as grandmothers,” he said.
They said, “This announcement will be recorded as the worst diplomatic disaster in the history of Korea-Japan relations as the victim, South Korea, bowed its head to the assailant, Japan.” It will create irreversible consequences by holding South Korea’s ankles in the process of negotiations on numerous pending diplomatic issues with Japan, such as Japan.”
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