Candidate Lee Jae-myung: ”Turning a blind eye to historical crimes is not 'politics'”... ”We must investigate the civil war”

On the 31st, Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, said, "If we tolerate and turn a blind eye to all acts that harm the fairness and order of our society on the grounds of 'politics,' then that is
"It's not about politics," he emphasized. In an interview with a Korean radio program that afternoon, Lee
When asked about his thoughts on "concerns about political retaliation after the presidential election," he said,
"There is a need to distinguish between reconciliation and integration," said Lee. "The people do not want that to happen," he said, "and 'political retaliation' means harming someone for political reasons.
"The act of destroying the entire constitutional order of Korea, pointing guns at the people, virtually dissolving the National Assembly, and trying to set up a provisional legislative body is a historical and national act," he said.
"I think this is a targeted crime," he said, explaining, "and I don't think it's 'political' to turn a blind eye and overlook such a crime just because the other party is a political opponent."
He also said, "The public should not cover up all serious crimes committed by political opponents for the sake of 'politics', because it could lead to conflict."
Do we want that? I don't think we want that," he said, emphasizing, "Abandoning the investigation into the civil war is not integration."