South Korea's largest opposition party deletes ``former party representative's petition to leave the party'' agreed to by 20,000 party members

South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, has deleted from its website a petition by party members demanding former party leader Lee Nak-yeon to leave the party.
According to the Democratic Party of Japan's National Response Center, the petition for Lee Former to leave the party, which was posted on its website on the 3rd of this month, was deleted on the afternoon of the 5th.
In this petition, the petitioner stated, ``We hope that a general election for National Assembly members will be held centered on current party representative Lee Jae-myung, who was chosen by 77.7% of party members.'' ``At a time when we should join forces and unify, Re
As party members, we can no longer ignore Lee former's representative who is causing chaos and confusion.''As of 5 p.m. on the 5th, this petition had been approved by 20,000 party members.
If 50,000 people agree to the petition from the Democratic Party of Japan's National Response Center within a month, the party will officially respond to the petition.
The reason that Lee former's petition to leave the party was deleted is believed to be because Lee Jae-myung emphasized harmony within the party in the afternoon of the same day.
Representative Lee Jae-myung said on Facebook, ``Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy, and everyone must be able to express diverse opinions.''
Politics is about expressing opinions freely and receiving judgment from the people." He continued, ``Rather than reacting too sensitively to the opinions of others, we should freely speak out our own objections and build democratic debate.''
"This is a typical Democratic Party," he said, stressing, "We need a politics of integration and unity, not a politics of exclusion."