Son Hye-won: "Yang Jeong-cheol, Not Even 'Grade' Level, How Dare Challenge Yoo Si-min?"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Son Hye-won, the 'founder' of the Open Democratic Party, and former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju expressed strong dissatisfaction toward the Democratic Party of Korea on the 14th.

Son especially took aim once again at Yang Jeong-cheol, head of the Democratic Research Institute, who criticized Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, for his '180 seats prospect for the pan-progressive coalition.' In a radio interview that day, Son said of Yang, "The very fact that he dares to speak like that about Chairman Yoo is something that all democratic citizens cannot forgive."

She added, "Chairman Yoo, who has always been beside democratic citizens, burning himself up, is on a completely different level from others who worked behind the scenes."

Regarding her earlier Facebook post saying "You've grown a lot, Yang Jeong-cheol" after Yang criticized Chairman Yoo's remarks, she emphasized, "There is no reason to apologize."

Son stated, "Chairman Yoo's comment was basically, 'The Democratic Party will likely secure enough votes. If so, shouldn't we also consider the smaller parties a bit?' In my view, it is inappropriate for Yang to criticize Chairman Yoo for siding with the Open Democratic Party based on his 'level.'"

She criticized the Democratic Party, saying, "From the beginning, I conservatively thought that candidate Ahn Won-gu, number 12 on the Open Democratic Party's proportional representation list, could win. Without interference operations, it would have gone smoothly. But because the big brothers in the big neighborhood came and focused on beating this small, poor party, there were many difficulties. It was almost trampled."

Former lawmaker Jeong also said on a radio show that day regarding the Democratic Party distancing itself from the Open Democratic Party, "It's like a child crying out that this is my mother and father, but another child with power drives them away," adding, "Seeing such inhumane exclusion, how could I not have used the expression 'worse than beasts'?"

He said, "I thought, 'So that's how much they hated Jeong Bong-ju,'" and criticized, "This petty and shabby politics cannot make the people happy."

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