Lee Cheol-woo, the governor of North Gyeongsang Province, posted on social media a message reading, “I would like to see Your Excellency,” above a photo of President Yoon Suk-yeol and others.
On the 18th, the governor posted an edited image on his Facebook page showing himself on the left side and President Yoon on the right. The image features a photo of former President Syngman Rhee behind the governor and a photo of Park Chung-hee behind President Yoon.
In his post, he said, “I hope that the movement to call President Yoon Suk-yeol Your Excellency, despite differing opinions, becomes a national request for the impeachment to be dismissed.”
On the 12th, he also posted on Facebook, “Let’s start a movement to call President Yoon Suk-yeol Your Excellency,” but later deleted it.
This is not the first time the governor has written about President Yoon's return on social media since the 12·3 emergency martial law situation. He has posted messages such as, “I hope for President Yoon’s swift return” and “We need to prepare for the Yoon Suk-yeol 2.0 era rather than a early presidential election.”
Regarding the 12·3 emergency martial law situation, he also posted statements like, “It will be recorded in history as the president’s bold governing act that drastically turned around the difficult situation facing South Korea,” and “As President Yoon emphasized, we must safeguard a free Republic of Korea by blocking anti-state forces.”