[Comprehensive] Jin Joong-kwon "United Party has no brain... Hong Joon-pyo is not even a dog"

Jin Joong-kwon Sharply Criticizes United Party at Conservative Politics Solution Forum
"Conservative Base Turned Away After Failing to Cross Impeachment River"
Recommends Republican Ideals as Values for United Party

Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon is speaking at the discussion titled "Talking about the 21st General Election! Lost Conservative Politics, What is the Solution?" hosted by Future United Party lawmakers Yoo Ui-dong and Oh Shin-hwan at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 15th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon criticized the United Future Party, which suffered a crushing defeat in the April 15 general election, saying, "Frankly speaking, the United Future Party has no brain. It has no brain."

On the morning of the 15th, Jin attended a debate titled "Lost Conservative Politics, What is the Solution?" hosted by lawmakers Oh Shin-hwan and Yoo Ui-dong at the National Assembly Members' Office Building as a presenter, and pointed out, "The short-term cause was that COVID-19 was too big. I wonder if they would have been defeated this badly if it weren't for COVID-19."

He added, "Even without COVID-19, this party was bound to lose. The playing field was already tilted, but conservatives seem unaware of this," he evaluated.

Regarding the cause of the election defeat, he diagnosed, "First, they could not cross the river of impeachment." He continued, "They needed to persuade their traditional support base but surrendered. The impeachment was possible because the majority of conservatives participated, but in the end, they could not cross the river of impeachment and returned, causing the conservative base to turn away as well."

Jin mentioned some conservative YouTubers, saying, "Conservative communication is significantly distorted," and criticized, "They failed in conservative innovation, relied on them, and handed over the hegemony of public opinion. They should have fought appropriately with them to maintain tension and persuade, but they failed to do so."

On the morning of the 15th, at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, the discussion forum titled "Talking about the 21st General Election! Lost Conservative Politics, What is the Solution?" was held, attended by Yoo Ui-dong and Oh Shin-hwan of the United Future Party, and former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon.
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Regarding former United Future Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn, he said, "The party leader was Mr. Hwang Kyo-ahn. Looking at this, it also shows they could not cross the river of impeachment," and added, "This person is the 'impeachment prime minister.' Appointing the defeated prime minister of the impeachment regime as party leader sends a message that they do not acknowledge the impeachment. As a result, they were not recognized as an alternative force."

He continued, "I told Leader Hwang not to be pushed out but to run in Jongno with the attitude of becoming the seed of conservative reconstruction, but he was pushed out," and criticized, "Calling Kim Jong-in, the general election committee chairman, was too late."

He added, "They should have given authority to Chairman Kim, but in the end, they only managed election campaign-level work, could not intervene in candidate nominations, and even overturned nominations. Since they did not remove problematic lawmakers like Min Kyung-wook, incidents kept happening."

Jin said, "The response to COVID-19 is the same," advising, "COVID-19 is a national disaster, and it should not be politicized. In a national disaster, party interests must be set aside."

He also urged the United Future Party not to attack Yoon Mi-hyang, the proportional representative elected member of the Democratic Citizens' Party, who is recently suspected of misusing donations due to accounting issues.

Jin said, "Stop trying to attack the other side over the Justice Memory Solidarity (Jeong-ui-yeon) incident," and advised, "Leave the accounting issues to the media. The activist methods are causing ruptures everywhere and are ineffective; we need to strike at that."

He also said, "We need to be armed with social science awareness," emphasizing, "The world is changing, and we need to understand what the information generation means. We need to restore the modernity of social scientific and ethical awareness."

Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon is speaking at the discussion titled "Talking about the 21st General Election! Lost Conservative Politics, What is the Solution?" hosted by Future United Party lawmakers Yoo Ui-dong and Oh Shin-hwan at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 15th.
[Image source=Yonhap News]

Regarding the future course of the United Future Party and values to pursue, he said, "I want to recommend the ideology of republicanism," emphasizing, "Politics should be regarded as a public matter with a practical attitude." He added, "There are no longer progressive or conservative votes. It is not about conservative or progressive, but about whether you have a black cat or a white cat attitude."

He continued, "We need to take a progressive stance on economic, political issues, and inter-Korean relations," saying, "Who promoted the inter-Korean summits? It was the Kim Young-sam administration. President Park Geun-hye talked about the 'Unification Big Boom.' The stance on inter-Korean relations should be consistent."

He especially said, "We should think about handing over power to people in their 30s, 40s, and 20s," adding, "A proper conservative wants to give good things to their children. By giving much authority and power to the younger generation, they can communicate with the current generation."

He continued, "Korean society underwent industrialization and entered the information society in less than 100 years. In short, the main actors of Korean society have changed," and said, "The dividing line between past conservatives and progressives has moved from the 40s to the 50s, and in a few years, when it moves to the 60s, traditional supporters will pass away."

He added, "An interesting phenomenon is that the voting behavior of people in their 20s aligns with those over 60," and said, "Nowadays, what the democratization forces advocated is seen as hypocrisy. It took 20 years for the 386 generation to seize power, so you have to continue with them."

On that day, it was reported that Jin compared former leader Hong Joon-pyo to an 'X dog' during the closed debate.

He reportedly criticized, "A person who was even a presidential candidate of the party is not even an X dog, so why are they fighting like this in front of their house?" When asked about his thoughts on the party leadership system, he reportedly said, "I don't know why people are fussing over Kim Jong-in's emergency committee now."

Regarding the controversy over the Open Democratic Party publicly revealing congratulatory calls for the inauguration of Moon Jae-in President's trusted leader Choi Kang-wook, which sparked a 'pro-Moon (친문)' controversy, he said, "I don't view it positively."

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