Lee Jae-myung to Ahn Cheol-soo: "Try Running with a Delivery Bag Instead of a Marathon"

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung voiced criticism toward Ahn Cheol-soo and the People Power Party regarding delivery app issues.

Governor Lee said on the 12th through his SNS, "To me, Ahn Cheol-soo said while running a marathon, 'Leave monopoly regulation to the Fair Trade Commission, which is responsible for it, and don't let Gyeonggi Province, a local government, intervene,' and the People Power Party (Park Seon Jae of the election committee) counter-proposed, saying 'the Baemin incident should be solved through Platform User Protection Act legislation, not public app development, and instead of public app development, let's work together on Platform User Protection Act research with the pragmatic People Power Party.'"

Governor Lee then said this was "truly leisurely talk," and added, "When a flood is sweeping away villages, I find it difficult to understand the People Power Party, which doesn't help but tells those building levees 'let's design a dam together,' or Ahn Cheol-soo's criticism to 'leave disaster prevention to the government.'"

Governor Lee continued, "When will the Platform User Protection Act be enacted? Does the People Power Party have the realistic capability to enact that law? Unlike the fate of numerous reform bills, will only this law be created immediately? Must small business owners wait while bearing damages until legislation? Why must local governments with the authority to conduct administration that serves the public good, as long as not prohibited by law, give up only on preventing or remedying damages from monopolies and helplessly just watch Fair Trade Commission actions? National ownership is permitted for critical infrastructure such as electricity, telecommunications, and railroads, and R&D; support for specific companies or third-sector financial support is also permitted, so why is support for public app development linked to regional currency networks to prevent the tyranny of monopoly platforms and ensure minimum competition deemed improper? Can the People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo answer these questions?" he posed multiple questions.

Governor Lee also drew a line, saying, "Although Baemin withdrew it, the company's tyranny stems from monopoly, so it can recur anytime. The moment the Fair Trade Commission permits a corporate merger, monopoly tyranny becomes merely a matter of timing and degree," and emphasized, "Pragmatism means doing what helps right now rather than speaking grandiloquently. To ignore practical countermeasures to save franchisees dying from monopoly delivery app tyranny and instead pursue protection legislation research of uncertain timing while tolerating monopoly tyranny cannot be pragmatism."

Finally, Governor Lee said, "I would like to recommend to People Power Party's Ahn Cheol-soo, who has not experienced the suffering of the weak from unfair treatment," and concluded, "For those struggling from Baemin's monopoly, I hope you will try running once with a delivery bag instead of a marathon."