In the midst of a nervous battle between the Democratic Party's presidential primary candidate and each camp over the so-called 'Baekje remarks', former CEO Lee Nak-yeon practically refused to 'reprove the camp officials and demand self-respect' from Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung.
On the 26th, former CEO Lee Nak-yeon appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and asked, "Governor Lee Jae-myung apologizes for distorting his remarks and reprimands the spokesperson for raising the issue." To the anchor's remark, "I did it," he asked, "What did you distort and say?" He replied, "I would have done the most moderate criticism."
In the interview with the media, Lee also said, "Isn't it common sense to raise a problem?" "I criticized not only myself, but also you within the party and politicians belonging to another party. Why? I don't know if I'm the only one who's wrong."
Then, the governor said, "I gave him rice cake and got hit in the face", saying that the 'Baekje remarks' came in the context of complimenting the former president. "Reporters interviewed and reported. Aren't reporters stupid?"
Regarding concerns about the 'negative' being overheated, former CEO Lee said, "You shouldn't go like this. You have to be restrained," but "We never caused a problem by talking about something we don't have. There may have been some confirmed reports."said.
Earlier, Bae Jae-jung, a spokesman for the former representative camp, made a critical comment, saying that Governor Lee insisted on 'Honam invincibility'.
In a recent media interview, Governor Lee said, "In the 5,000-year history of the Korean Peninsula, there has never been a time in the Korean Peninsula's 5,000-year history that Baekje took the lead and unified the entire Korean Peninsula." A) If we win, I thought it would be history.”
He added that "the terrain has changed" and "in the end, what matters is the ability to expand"
Lee's side protested, saying, "I made a maliciously distorted comment on a well-meaning remark," and demanded an apology from former CEO Lee and action against spokesperson Bae.
As the war of words between the primary candidate and the camp intensifies, voices calling for restraint are emerging from the party leadership and the presidential election planning team.
At the Supreme Council meeting held this morning, Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil said, "We must not go back to the river of regionalism again," and pointed out that "it is very regrettable that a controversy over regionalism arises among the candidates of the Democratic Party."
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