Jin Joong-kwon: "United Party, Fighting After Failing Halfheartedly"

United Future Party's Standing Committee Meeting Fails on 28th Due to Lack of Quorum
Kim Jong-in's Side: "We Do Not Consider Today's United Future Party Decision as Endorsement of Emergency Committee Chairman"

Jin Joong-kwon, former professor at Dongyang University / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon strongly criticized the United Future Party on the 29th, saying, "They are half-heartedly failing and just fighting like that."

In a post on his Facebook that day, former professor Jin pointed out, "The party has become a mess and is sinking even further. It's a party without brains," adding, "They still don't know what the problem is and are blinded by the trivial matters of a completely failed household, just fighting among themselves."

He continued, "Was the problem that Yeongnam voters initially kept them alive?" and added, "If they were going to fail, they should fail decisively so they can start anew from zero base, but since they are failing half-heartedly, this mess might be happening (I don't know)."

Kim Jong-in, former General Election Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, is entering his office near Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on the morning of the 28th. / Photo by Yonhap News

Earlier, the United Future Party held a national committee meeting at the 63 Convention Center in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the previous day and passed a motion to appoint former United Future Party general election committee chairman Kim Jong-in as the emergency committee chairman.

However, the standing national committee meeting scheduled for that day was canceled as only 17 out of 45 members attended, failing to reach a quorum. The United Future Party had planned to delete the party convention regulations at the end of August and extend Kim's term as emergency committee chairman at this meeting.

Accordingly, the Kim Jong-in emergency committee system must launch with a fixed term of about four months until August. Regarding this, Kim's side stated that day, "We do not consider the decision made at today's United Future Party national committee as an endorsement of the emergency committee chairman."

Previously, Kim had said, "A two-month or four-month limited emergency committee activity is meaningless."

The United Future Party plans to hold an executive meeting on the 29th to discuss future measures.

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