Lee Jun-seok: Ruling Party's Early Voting Stance Makes it a 'Yoon-again' Party

Reform Party leader Lee Jun-seok has sharply criticized the ruling People Power Party's stance on abolishing early voting. Lee declared that the ruling party has now become a "Yoon-again" party, aligning itself with former President Yoon Suk-yeol's alleged obsessions and merging with Hwang Kyo-ahn's party, which he characterized as solely focused on election fraud conspiracies.

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The People Power Party has effectively declared unification with former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn's Liberty and Innovation Party, a party with the sole agenda of election fraud, and unification with former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who sent troops to the election commission in a state of delusion.

Lee's strong reaction came after People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk proposed revising election laws to abolish early voting, citing issues with ballot shortages in a recent by-election. Jang suggested a special law for by-elections to implement this change.

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To condemn the situation where people could not cast their votes due to a shortage of ballots, and then propose to block the path for people to cast their votes as a solution, is a reversal of logic.

Lee countered that early voting was introduced to replace cumbersome absentee voting procedures and serves as a vital safeguard for young voters who cannot easily update their addresses due to short-term work or studies. He condemned the proposal to restrict voting access as a "reversal of logic" when the problem stemmed from ballot shortages. Lee challenged Jang to formally introduce a bill to abolish early voting and hold public hearings, demanding that the People Power Party prove it is not a party swayed by conspiracy theories.

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If you truly want to abolish it, boldly propose a bill and hold a public hearing, and prove that early voting is not a channel for election fraud, and that the People Power Party is not a party swayed by conspiracy theories.