Yeon·Korea’s absence from the April 3 Memorial Ceremony… “No participation for two consecutive years, causing great disappointment and hurt to Jeju residents.”

When President Yoon Seok-yeol and People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon did not attend the Jeju April 3 victims’ memorial ceremony, opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Korea, unanimously criticized them.

In a written briefing on the 3rd, Chief Spokesperson Kwon Chil-seung of the Democratic Party said, “President Yoon and Chairman Han did not attend the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident for two consecutive years, causing great disappointment and hurt to the people of Jeju Island,” and added, “We comfort the victims and comfort the wounds of the bereaved families.” He pointed out, “They refused to give up.”

Chief Spokesperson Kwon said, “It is especially regrettable that Chairman Han, who has so emphasized ‘fellow citizens’, was absent. “Aren’t Jeju residents fellow citizens of the government and the ruling party?” he said, adding, “Then why did you nominate candidates Tae Young-ho, Su-yeon Jo, and Jeon Hee-kyung, who disparaged the April 3 Incident with outrageous remarks, and did not have the confidence to stand in front of Jeju citizens?”

Kim Bo-hyeop, spokesperson for the Korea Reform Party, said in a commentary, “President Yoon has never attended the April 3 Memorial Ceremony since becoming president, and Chairman Han did not attend due to campaigning for the general election. “I guess there are no voters living in Jeju,” he said. “Is that really the reason? “I hope it is not because they are on the side of those who disparage rather than commemorate April 3,” he sniped.

Kim Do-hyeon, deputy spokesperson for the Progressive Party, criticized in a briefing, “I am truly outraged by the President’s absence from the memorial ceremony for no reason and the shameless behavior of the ruling party leader who, no matter how urgent the general election, is abandoning a day when state violence brought pain to all Jeju residents.” did.

Meanwhile, on the anniversary of the Jeju April 3 victims, Emergency Response Committee Chairman and General Election Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon said, “We deeply mourn all the April 3 victims who sacrificed their lives in the tragedy of modern history,” and added, “We also offer our deepest condolences to the bereaved families and Jeju residents. “I am spreading the word,” he said in a message.

Chairman Han, who was absent from the memorial ceremony held in Jeju due to campaign schedules in North Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province, said, “I feel sorry for not being in Jeju right now.”

Chairman Han said, “The People Power Party and the government sympathize with the pain of the Jeju April 3 Incident and have gone beyond words and taken action. As the Minister of Justice, I have decided to grant ex officio retrial requests limited to ‘inmates of courts-martial’ to ‘general trials.’ He said, “The decision to include ‘inmates’ is also a result of that will.”

He emphasized, “In the future, the People Power Party will continue to sincerely empathize with the pain of the victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident and their bereaved families with such a practical mind.”

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