A visit to the Seoul National Cemetery ahead of the official election campaign… “Praise the ball, and rebuke the result”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Min-kyung Hong Jun-seok = Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung visited the Seoul National Cemetery on the 14th, one day before the official election campaign started.
Candidate Lee visited the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul at 9 a.m. on the same day and paid incense and flowers at the memorial tower, and then paid a visit to the graves of former presidents.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung visits the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 14th to pay incense following burning incense at the memorial tower. 2022.2.14 [국회사진기자단] srbaek@yna.co.kr
Candidate Lee’s visit to former presidents took place in the following order: former President Kim Dae-jung (DJ), former President Kim Young-sam (YS), former President Park Chung-hee, and former President Syngman Rhee’s graveyard.
Candidate Lee even paused for 5-6 seconds as he came out following finishing the incense burn at the grave of former President Park and read the words of the memorial that began with ‘In the memory of President Park Chung-hee’.
His visit to the graves of former Presidents Syngman Rhee and Park Chung-hee is interpreted as a move with the midway mark in mind ahead of the official election campaign.
When asked regarding the reason for visiting the graves of former President Lee and President Park at a meeting with reporters prior to the visit, Lee said, “Good and bad are part of history.” It has to be clear to remember it as a part,” he said.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea paid incense and wreaths at the Memorial Tower of the National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 14th, and paid a visit to the graves of former presidents Kim Dae-jung, Kim Young-sam, Park Jeong-hee, and Rhee Syng-man in turn.
Candidate Lee pays a visit to the grave of former President Park. 2022.2.14 [국회사진기자단] uwg806@yna.co.kr
He said, “Five years ago (the presidential election), I said that in my conscience, it was difficult to worship the dictator and the president who broke the bridge over the Han River and abandoned the people,” he said. I ended up doing this role, and my social roles and responsibilities have changed and grown a lot.”
“I think now that if you want to become a representative of the people, you have to think regarding which one is more desirable from the point of view of the people and of the country rather than the preference of a specific individual,” he said.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung answers questions from reporters following visiting the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 14th. 2022.2.14 [국회사진기자단] uwg806@yna.co.kr
After visiting the cemetery of the former president, Lee stopped by the ossuary-type Chunghondang to commemorate Private A, who died in 2014 due to continuous beatings and harsh treatment by senior soldiers.
In the guestbook he wrote following visiting the Memorial Hall, he wrote, ‘I will succeed the will of my predecessors and become a strong unified president and a competent economic president.’
Earlier, following Lee was elected as a presidential candidate on October 10 last year, the next day, he visited the Daejeon National Cemetery, not the Seoul National Cemetery.
On January 1 of this year, he visited the Seoul National Cemetery, but he did not pay a separate visit to the graveyard of the former president due to corona and other reasons.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) A guest book written by Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung following visiting the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 14th. 2022.2.14 [국회사진기자단] uwg806@yna.co.kr
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