Former Lawmaker Lee Jae-o Criticizes Kwon Seong-dong's Exclusion from Nomination as "Arrogantly Reaching for the Sky"

"Kim Hyung-o, I didn't see you that way, but you sold your soul"
"Backdoor connections still influence nominations"

A post by former National Assembly member Lee Jae-oh on his Facebook on the 10th. Photo by Lee Jae-oh Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kang Ju-hee] Former lawmaker Lee Jae-oh criticized the Future United Party's nomination management committee for excluding United Party lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong from the nominations, saying, "Was former President Park Geun-hye's prison letter just about securing nominations for her own people?"

On the 10th, Lee posted on his Facebook, saying, "They excluded Kwon Seong-dong and abruptly nominated former Minister of the Interior and Safety Hong Yoon-sik without any primary election."

He added, "It seems the party is the same as during the 20th general election," and said, "They barely unified, but their arrogance is sky-high. I didn't think so poorly of Kim Hyung-o, but I thought he had principles and integrity as he aged, yet he even sells his soul. Is this a prearranged game after all?"

Earlier, Lee also raised criticism over lawyer Yoo Young-ha, who read former President Park Geun-hye's prison letter aloud and then joined the Future Korea Party, a satellite party of the United Party.

He expressed concern, saying, "He read the prison letter aloud and applied to be a proportional representative lawmaker. Being a lawmaker should be by one's own will, not a position someone is ordered to take," and added, "The sincerity of the letter was lost due to the person who read it applying for a lawmaker position. The letter was probably not written to get a subordinate into the National Assembly, but political reform where 'backing' still influences nominations is far off."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.