Park Hyung-jun "If the pro-government coalition secures 180 seats... protecting Cho Kuk and driving out Yoon Seok-yeol"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Park Hyung-jun, co-chairman of the United Future Party's joint election committee, appealed on the 11th for the power to check the ruling coalition, saying, "If the pro-government coalition secures 180 seats, they will protect Cho Kuk and drive out Yoon Seok-yeol."

On the same day, Park said through his social network service (SNS), "Director Yoo Si-min boldly claimed that the pro-government coalition, including the Democratic Party, could secure 180 seats in the 21st general election."

He added, "Since he is a key figure in the ruling coalition and Lee Geun-hyung, chairman of the Democratic Party's strategic planning committee, also talks about a single-party majority, it can be seen that this is the ruling coalition's core analysis of the situation. The moment I saw this article, although I did not agree with the prediction, it was chilling. I imagined what would happen if this actually became reality."

Park said, "The drive to remove Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol will intensify, and investigations into various power-related corruption scandals will be covered up," adding, "As a result, the election will be one that protects Cho Kuk and drives out Yoon Seok-yeol, just as the United Future Party feared. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials will be established early, and the power's sword dance will await."

He also said, "The failures in the past three years regarding the economy, diplomacy, security, and nuclear phase-out will not be corrected, and the rejection of pragmatism trapped in ideological frameworks will be repeated," adding, "Diplomacy will be used as a tool of domestic politics, and security holes will continue."

He continued, "It will become difficult to run businesses and trade, and taxes will only increase. The world's best nuclear power industry will collapse, and the nuclear phase-out policy, which only increased Korea Electric Power Corporation's deficits, will not be changed," pointing out, "If the policy direction is not changed, the response to the COVID-19 economic crisis will fail, and people's livelihoods will face an unprecedented crisis."

Park said, "Following judicial and prosecutorial control and local government monopolies, even parliamentary monopoly will be realized, bringing a democracy crisis right before our eyes," adding, "Through this nomination process, the Democratic Party has been thoroughly established as a pro-Moon Jae-in hegemonic party. The pro-Moon hegemonic forces will completely take over the country."

He said, "I used to mock Director Yoo Si-min's tactic, which he always uses when the opposition loses, but we have no choice but to appeal despite the ridicule," appealing for support, saying, "Although the United Future Party has unified, it is true that it has not properly innovated, but for this general election, I will swallow my pride and appeal."

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