Daegu Mayor: ``The attack on Representative Lee Jae-myung is a tragedy born of politics of hatred and extreme faction confrontation'' - South Korea

Hong Jun-pyo, the mayor of Daegu in South Korea, said on the 2nd regarding the attack on Lee Jae-myung, representative of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, ``Ahead of the (National Assembly) general election.
"This situation, which has occurred at a time when the confrontation between the two camps is about to begin, seems to signal a darkening of the future of the country."
On this day, Mayor Hong posted on Facebook, ``Since the beginning of the new year, Representative Lee has been using a deadly weapon.''
An era of politics of hatred has begun, with many people suffering injuries." He continued, ``As local elections in May 2006 were coming up, representative Park Geun-hye (then representative of the opposition Grand National Party) was attacked.
"I remember the incident in which he was shot," he said, adding, "This is a tragedy born of politics of hatred, politics of monopoly, and politics of extreme faction confrontation." He also said, ``We will overcome our political backwardness and move forward to become a developed superpower.''
Therefore, we must aim for politics that unifies North and South, unification of East and West, and unification of the left and right.''We must stop the ``gladiator politics'' of hating and killing each other.I hope that Lee will make a full recovery as soon as possible.''
he emphasized.