Song Young-gil, a candidate for the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized fellow candidate Jeong Cheong-rae for claiming he could recover core support and raise President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating by more than 10 percentage points. He referred to Jeong as a "quack doctor."
During an appearance on KBS Radio's "Current Affairs Shock," Song stated, "The current decline in support is due to real estate issues." He added, "The drop in stock prices and leveraged ETFs have also contributed to the decline in President Lee's approval rating."
He emphasized, "If you misdiagnose and operate on a healthy area, it leads to a medical accident. I believe Jeong's claim to restore core public sentiment is a quack doctor's prescription."
Additionally, Song remarked, "It seems Jeong has lied too much in the past. I will verify this during today's TV debate." He also mentioned plans to review the party's success in the June 3 local elections and by-elections, as well as the unanimous decision of the Supreme Council regarding the expulsion of former Jeonbuk Governor Kim Kwan-young.
Furthermore, he questioned, "How can a party leader who does not even know what the top national agenda is coordinate effectively with the president?" This comment was a critique of Jeong's previous assertion that the top national agenda was 'resolving the insurrection.' The Lee Jae-myung administration's primary national agenda is 'constitutional reform for a true Republic of Korea.'
* This article has been translated by AI.
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