Kim Se-yeon: "If Party Dissolution Is Difficult, 'Kim Jong-in Emergency Committee' Is the Best... Emergency Committee Members Should Be Filled with People in Their 30s"

Assemblyman Kim Se-yeon of the Liberty Korea Party. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] On the 20th, Kim Se-yeon, a member of the Future United Party, said regarding the party's crushing defeat in the April 15 general election, "The fundamental solution must be found in the dissolution of the party," but added, "If that is realistically difficult, the 'Kim Jong-in emergency committee system' is the best option."

On the same day, during MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus,' Kim said, "Since we need to start by accurately recognizing and diagnosing the current situation, Chairman Kim Jong-in is the most suitable person."

Regarding the 'Kim Jong-in emergency committee system,' he said, "I know there are various controversies, but among those considered for the emergency committee chairman, he is the one who diagnoses most accurately and represents the centrist values of our society," adding, "Chairman Kim is now deeply interacting with the younger generation and seems to have a relatively accurate view of the emergency committee's composition."

Kim said, "I think it is right for the party to be centered on people in their 30s as much as possible," referring to the '830 generation (born in the 80s, in their 30s, and university entrants in the 2000s).' He added, "Rapid generational change can be the driving force to overcome the current crisis," and "The two paradigms of industrialization and democratization, which operated massively, have now run their course."

Kim emphasized, "When restructuring, banks or companies gather non-performing loans into a bad bank and good assets into a good bank to start anew; a fundamental reorganization of that scale is necessary," and "Having young conservative new leaders in their 30s who have already joined the party work as emergency committee members could be a way." However, he added, "I do not expect there to be full agreement within the party."

He described the current situation of the United Party as the 'dead' from the movie The Sixth Sense. Kim said, "A characteristic of the dead in the movie is that they do not know they are dead and only hear what they want to see and hear," and pointed out, "Even now, the pre-vote fraud theory continues to be a hot topic within the conservative camp, and conspiracy theories are at work, showing a clear lack of basic awareness of environmental changes."

He diagnosed, "The party has already reached its limit, which led to the results of this general election, but unfortunately, looking at the discussions currently happening in the party, it seems the downfall is not yet over," and "It is a situation where even minimal consensus for overcoming the crisis is difficult to achieve, and in the middle of a tunnel where no light is visible."

He added, "A break from the past is necessary. The majority of party members are still trapped in distorted perceptions based on pride in the industrialization of the 1970s and various realities derived from past experiences," and "Because they are confined under the strong dominance of certain generations or regions, they fail to properly sense what the new generation or the majority of people in the metropolitan area feel."

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