Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate, is at the center of debates in the political arena surrounding the 'Gyeonggi Siheung Turtle Island Wave Park,' which he promoted in partnership with Siheung City during his tenure as Gyeonggi Province governor.
When the candidate explained the process of attracting the Turtle Island Wave Park project during a campaign rally, Lee Jun-seok, the Reform Party candidate, pointed out that it was 'nonsense from someone who doesn't understand reality,' prompting the Democratic Party to state they would file charges for violating the Public Official Election Act.
Democratic Party accuses Lee Jun-seok, Joo Jin-woo, and Na Kyung-won of 'violating the Public Official Election Act'
The Democratic Party's election task force's Public Election Law Support Team and Fake News Response Team announced on the 25th that they would file charges against Reform Party candidate Lee Jun-seok and National Assembly members Joo Jin-woo, Park Sung-hoon, and Na Kyung-won for falsely declaring facts with the intent to defeat them under the Public Official Election Act.
The Democratic Party claimed, 'These individuals maliciously manipulated statements made by candidate Lee Jae-myung during his election rallies, publicly stating false information that candidate Lee took pride in the Turtle Island project as his own achievement.'
They further explained, 'Candidate Lee Jae-myung never boasted about the Turtle Island project as his own...
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