Justice Party Criticizes President Lee for 'Glorifying Sexual Violence Perpetrator' Over Park Won-soon Anecdote

The Justice Party criticized President Lee Jae-myung on October 11, calling it "unmistakable secondary victimization" after he shared an anecdote involving the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on social media.

In a commentary released that day, Justice Party spokesperson Kim Na-yul said, "It is infuriating to see the most powerful figure in the Republic of Korea openly commemorate a perpetrator, which is an unmistakable act of secondary victimization."

Spokesperson Kim stated, "The entire nation witnessed the president glorifying even a perpetrator of power-based sexual violence to justify his own social media communication style," adding, "Do not sacrifice the dignity of a sexual violence victim to defend your own communication style."

She continued, "Former Mayor Park's power-based sexual offenses were confirmed through an investigation by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and court rulings," asking, "While reminiscing about Park Won-soon, did you not think of the victim of his power-based sexual violence?"

She then urged, "Withdraw the remarks and bow your head in apology to the victim for the secondary victimization you committed."

Earlier that day, President Lee shared an anecdote on X (formerly Twitter) about discussing ways to respond to abusive and profane comments on social media with the late former mayor in the past, describing him as "someone who awakened me to the importance of communication and social media as its tool."
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