Heo Ji-woong strongly criticizes President Yoon's supporters who occupied the courthouse: "The far right is out of control... It will burn everyone."

2025-01-20 07:41:04

Writer and broadcaster Heo Ji-woong strongly criticized the incident in which supporters occupied the courthouse after President Yoon Seok-yeol's arrest and called for a thorough investigation.

He placed responsibility for the current situation on the government and the ruling party, saying, "This situation began from the moment we embraced and identified with the extreme right instead of repentance and reform," and added, "The acting president's putting the brakes on legitimate law enforcement also aggravated the problem."

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He went on to warn of the dangers of far-right forces, saying, “The first button to the repeated decline in Europe in the past century has been put back together in the Republic of Korea in the 21st century.”

He said, “In the past, some countries allowed far-right forces to participate in coalition governments or include them in the cabinet,” and added, “They were confident that they could control the far-right to temporarily resolve the crisis, but unfortunately, that did not happen.”

Referring to the violence that occupied the courthouse after President Yoon's arrest, Heo Ji-woong criticized, "Those who tried to take away our freedom have now taken our security and economy hostage, saying they are concerned about liberal democracy."

He emphasized the seriousness of the situation, saying, "After 47 days of chaos, the signboard of the Korean courthouse was torn off and lying on the floor, and the footprints of the rioters were all over it."

Accordingly, President Yoon was transferred to the Seoul Detention Center and began his life in detention, and this incident is recorded as an unprecedented shock in the political history of the Republic of Korea.

He was confident that it was only a temporary unpleasant handshake and that he could control the extreme right at any time as long as the immediate crisis was resolved.

 

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