Jin Jeong-seok: "Shim Jae-cheol, The Departing Person Says 'I Will Fix the Interior Before Leaving'"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Jeong Jin-seok, a member of the Future United Party, criticized Shim Jae-cheol, the acting party leader, saying, "It's like someone leaving their house insisting on 'definitely fixing the interior before leaving.'"

On the 22nd, Jeong said on his Facebook, "The most urgent matter at this point is to hold the elected members' meeting and elect a new floor leader (acting party leader)."

He pointed out, "In the April 13, 2016 general election, our party won 122 seats, losing the majority to the Democratic Party, which won 123 seats. It was a 'minority government' often called the president's graveyard. Our party held the elected members' meeting on April 26 and elected a new floor leader (acting party leader) on May 3. If that time was a crisis, now it is a total collapse. The recovery speed must be faster."

Jeong said, "At the latest, the elected members' meeting should be held early next week, and a new floor leader (acting party leader) should be elected in early May. The 103 elected members have newly received the mandate of the general election and the people's sovereignty. They must be the main agents discussing how to overcome the crisis."

This expressed dissatisfaction with Shim Jae-cheol and the existing Supreme Council leading crisis escape measures such as recruiting a non-standing committee chairman. Referring to his own experience in 2016 as the first ruling party member to start negotiations with the Democratic Party on floor organization as an 'outside floor leader' in elected status, he said, "Shim Jae-cheol, the floor leader (acting party leader), should only oversee the administrative procedure of electing a new floor leader."

He added, "Shim's conducting surveys among incumbent and elected members to conclude on 'recruiting an external non-standing committee chairman' or 'holding an early party convention' exceeds the authority delegated to him. It's like someone leaving their house insisting, 'I must fix the interior before I leave.'"

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