Cha Myung-jin "United Party leadership lacks ability... Bringing in old-timers just to imitate the left"

Candidate Cha Myung-jin of the United Future Party, running for the 21st general election in Bucheon B, Gyeonggi Province, is appealing for support from citizens while riding a campaign vehicle in the Sosa District of Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, on the afternoon of the 10th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Cha Myung-jin, a candidate from the United Future Party who ran for the Bucheon-byeong district in Gyeonggi Province in the April 15 general election but lost, has repeatedly criticized the party leadership.

On the 17th, Cha began on his Facebook, saying, "Losers have no words, but if I stay silent, I feel I will be branded as a great sinner of history, so I will leave a word," and added, "Some friends who claim to be experts say that the election results in the metropolitan area changed because of Cha Myung-jin's controversial remarks."

He said, "They cite the Yeouido Research Institute's opinion polls as evidence, but I doubt whether the Yeouido Research Institute even conducted a poll, and if they did, whether it was a proper survey," and added, "I lost by a 6% margin in the last election, but there was a report that I won by more than 10% here. I was deceived by that and even prepared a victory cake. I still have that evidence."

He continued, "Friends who like opinion polls, there were official various opinion polls that exactly matched the election results two months ago, so why is there not a single word about them?" and criticized, "Are you blind, or is your brain rotten?"

Cha also questioned, "Even if I concede a hundred times that the numbers dropped at the last minute as you say, was it because the so-called centrist voters disappointed by Cha Myung-jin's controversial remarks left, or was it because the conservative voters gave up voting, disappointed by the leadership who tried to drive me out by slandering me with those remarks?"

He added, "If I were the leadership, I would have said let's first reveal the truth inside the Sewol ferry tent," and asked, "If we had entered a truth game instead of struggling in the left-wing's controversial remarks frame, who would have been more advantageous?"

Cha claimed, "The United Future Party leadership was too timid to even attempt to escape the frame set by the left," and said, "The leadership also protected Kim Nam-guk, who is full of controversial remarks. Has anyone from that camp said that they lost votes because of that friend? Has anyone said that because of Kim Nam-guk, they got 180 seats instead of 200? He even defeated incumbent lawmaker Park Soon-ja."

He also criticized the party leadership, saying, "Because they lack ability, they couldn't even shift the issue," and added, "They only know how to gather outdated old-timers and imitate the left."

Finally, he pointed out, "If we fall into the left-wing's frame and become a little more left-leaning and more compliant, what will happen to the right-wing in the future?" and said, "Because they are biased toward the left, they might recover some seats thanks to voters' sympathy, but they will never escape the fate of being perennial runners-up."

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