Jang Dong-hyeok: 'Just as you're free to drink Starbucks, you're free to shout election fraud'

People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok said Thursday that the "ballot shortage crisis" amounted to "disenfranchisement" regardless of what it was called, and that "young people and citizens are fighting for the liberal democracy of South Korea."

Writing on his Facebook page that day, Jang said those who call the incident "election fraud" are dismissed as "far-right" or branded "conspiracy theorists." "They are people who fear the truth coming to light," he said.

The remarks appeared to be a rebuttal to Alternative and Future, a caucus of younger PPP lawmakers that on Wednesday criticized Jang for joining protests alleging election fraud. The group said at a press conference that "tainting citizens' demands with election-fraud conspiracy theories is something a leader of a conservative party must never do."

Jang said those who prefer the term "flawed election" were free to use it, adding that "whatever you call it, that too is freedom." He insisted, however, that "sincere young people who chant 'election fraud' must not be trapped in a conspiracy-theory frame."

"Just as anyone is free to drink Starbucks, anyone is free to shout 'election fraud,'" he said. "That is the liberal democracy young people are trying to protect."

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