Hong Jun-pyo "Kim Hyung-o, I saved you from past nominations... but you excluded me from nominations as a warden"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Hong Joon-pyo, former leader of the Liberty Korea Party, who was cut off (excluded from nomination) in the Future United Party's Busan-Gyeongnam (PK) nomination, stated that he would soon decide on his course of action, claiming that Kim Hyung-o, the chairman of the nomination committee, excluded him out of personal grudge.

On the 6th, Hong posted on his Facebook that the nomination result was "a despicable exclusion from nomination, a collaboration between Representative Hwang (Kyo-an)'s faction to eliminate competitors and Chairman Kim's personal grudge."

He said, "Chairman Kim Hyung-o was once saved from the risk of being cut off in the 2004 general election in Busan Yeongdo District because I strongly advocated for a primary as a public interest committee member," adding, "After the 2008 general election, when I met him as the Speaker of the National Assembly and floor leader, there were times when we clashed harshly for a year as Chairman Kim was lukewarm in national governance, conscious of the opposition party."

He continued, "When I met him this time as the nomination committee chairman, I even called to apologize, suspecting from past grudges that he might exclude me from the nomination, and Chairman Kim readily accepted it, so I thought the issue was resolved," adding, "However, I never dreamed that he would long pursue the plan to exclude me from the nomination by using Na Dong-yeon," asserting that Chairman Kim's personal grudge was behind this cut-off.

Former Representative Hong said, "Even when Na Dong-yeon was persuaded to respond to an additional call for applications and was told that if he did so, he would not be cut off but allowed to compete in the primary together, I never imagined that a person who had served as Speaker of the National Assembly and is approaching his 80s would tell such a wicked lie," adding, "From today, I will contemplate how to accept this exclusion from nomination in a manner befitting Hong Joon-pyo."

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