[Editorial] 'Family past' exposed muddy presidential election… National disappointment reached its peak

The presidential election, which is 79 days away from today, is turning into the worst muddy battle ever. Literally, it is the ‘most unfavorable election of all time’. Voter disappointment is reaching its peak as the ‘family risk’ such as the candidate’s spouse and children has also surfaced. Recently, as soon as the false academic background and career problems of Kim Kun-hee, wife of People’s Power candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, came up, the problem of illegal gambling of the son of Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung broke out, and the two candidates bowed their heads one after another. In a situation where candidates from both parties are unable to escape from the allegations of accusation and accusation, the people’s minds are more complicated by the suspicions of the candidate’s family.

The plethora of negatives such as ‘or not’ is also encouraging the ‘major election’. Both the previous leaders of both parties claim that it is not true, and if it turns out to be false, they apologize roughly and say they do not know me. Among the suspicions about Kim’s false academic background and career raised by Candidate Lee, Kim’s EMBA from Seoul National University and his teaching history at Gwangnam Middle School were revealed to be true. They attacked whether it was gambling profits, but it was confirmed as an official gift. The political confrontation has long since disappeared as the opposition and opposition have been fighting indiscriminately. This behavior will go beyond political distrust and deepen the caricature, and I am concerned that it will eventually lead to the worst turnout in the history of this election.

The presidential election is a time to present a future vision for solving national challenges and seek social consensus. However, as the election panel is now stained with excavation of the candidate’s family’s past and intense confrontation with the camp, the number of people who can’t vote for support is gradually increasing. Although the presidential election does not select senior citizens, the hope of the people is that they should be above average citizens. Both candidates should take a time for thorough self-reflection and should not disappoint the people any longer.

It is a time when voters’ fatigue is growing due to the worsening of the Corona 19 situation. Presidential candidates should keep in mind that the best way to break through ‘family risk’ lies in the sincerity and timing of apologies and explanations. It is very regrettable in this regard that Candidate Yoon apologized for his wife Kim’s suspicions on the 17th, but stated that “the career description was not accurate, which caused controversy.” If you miss the proper time to apologize, you will also lose public sentiment. Our people are also in a difficult situation, but if it is not the next best, we should seriously try to find the lesser evil.