Lee Kyung, a former spokesman for the Democratic Party’s Election Response Committee, said about the sinking of the Cheonan, “It is a very dangerous statement to make a decision and say that it is unconditionally North Korea’s fault.”
On the 18th, former spokesman Lee appeared on YTN News Live with Jang Ye-chan, former head of the People’s Power Election Countermeasures Headquarters, and said this.
The host said that the Lee Myung-bak administration had been assigned to the foreign affairs and security field of the Presidential Takeover Committee, which was elected President Yoon Seok-yeol.
Regarding this, former general manager Jang said, “Why are you concerned? Is it our government’s fault that North Korea attacked us during the MB government? It’s North Korea’s fault,” he said.
He said, “It is North Korea’s fault for its unreasonable provocations and attacks, and the diplomatic achievements have to be weighed on how strictly they dealt with it. ” he emphasized.
In response, former spokesperson Lee said, “It is a very dangerous statement to say that it is North Korea’s fault and this is our country’s fault.” Because diplomacy is important. “I think we need to point out what the diplomacy was like at the time and how security was supported,” he said.
He continued, “You can’t say that everything went well in the past. Also, it is very dangerous to say things like ‘You did everything well’ or ‘North Korea did not do it all’. do,” he claimed.
Jang then said, “It is a very dangerous statement to say that it is not all North Korea’s fault. “A former Democratic Party spokesperson at the beginning of the presidential race apologized for making remarks related to the Cheonan,” he said.
In response, former spokesperson Lee said, “There is no need to criticize those who are not there. In a way, it is the same as gossiping on a TV show. Did I say that I am in an official position now?”
Choi Won-il, former captain of the Cheonan warship, said in a Facebook post on the same day, “I was surprised when I saw the broadcast. Remarks from last year overlap. The last presidential candidate also said it was a submarine collision on the Cheonan, and there was no apology or explanation,” he said.
Earlier in June of last year, former Democratic Party spokesman Jo Sang-ho apologized after the controversy erupted after he remarked that “the captain of the Cheonan had all his subordinates buried just like he was alive at the time.”
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