Woo Hee-jong "This grandmother had political aspirations... Couples living together for 20 or 30 years have love and hate"

Woo Hee-jong, Standing Election Committee Chairman of the Deobureo Citizen Party, is delivering opening remarks at the joint election countermeasures committee meeting of the Deobureo Minjoo Party and the Deobureo Citizen Party held at the National Assembly on the 14th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] Woo Hee-jong, former co-representative of the Deobureo Citizen Party, said regarding Grandmother Lee Yong-soo's statement that she was betrayed by Yoon Mi-hyang, the elected member of the Deobureo Minjoo Party, "It is a statement she could fully make." He pointed out that the various allegations surrounding the elected member Yoon are "criticism for the sake of criticism."

On the morning of the 28th, Woo appeared on MBC radio and said about Grandmother Lee raising suspicions about the elected member Yoon, "(The implication of the word 'betrayal' mentioned at the second press conference) is that even couples living together for 30 years have various loves and hates, and since she was someone who had political aspirations, I think it is a statement she could fully make at this point."

He added, "It can be seen from the perspective of a 30-year entanglement, and the perspective of an activist who informs distorted history is somewhat different. It seems that these overlap and cause disputes."

Regarding reports that the two elected members blocked Grandmother Lee from running as a proportional representative candidate, he said, "She was over eighty years old, and I think I would have stopped her too. If someone over eighty said they were going to run as a proportional representative, I think it would have been natural to stop them."

He pointed out that the various allegations against the elected member Yoon are "criticism for the sake of criticism."

Woo emphasized, "The nomination screening committee conducted a stricter verification than the Minjoo Party. They even called in the early morning to confirm the facts." When asked, "What is different between the content reported in the media and the verification stage?" he answered, "The content is not different, but the interpretation seems different."

When asked, "Does the verification include property details?" he replied, "Of course, it was verified." Regarding Yoon purchasing five houses in cash, he said, "There were five moves over 20 to 30 years, so I don't think there was any reason to see it as strange."

He emphasized, "Among our candidates, there were people affiliated with the Ministry of National Defense, the Korean Bar Association, and the World Bank, but the accounting of those affiliated organizations is not verified. We look at the activities of the organizations, not the accounting details, so saying that the verification was inadequate is criticism for the sake of criticism."

Regarding the process of recruiting the two elected members, he said, "There was talk about selecting representative fields that could represent the voice of civil society and asking them first. At that time, the Justice Memory Solidarity was mentioned, and no one recommended anyone other than Yoon Mi-hyang without any objection."

When asked about reports that Lee Hae-chan, the leader of the Minjoo Party, approved Yoon's selection as a proportional representative candidate, Woo replied, "We were well aware that our candidate would be elected with the votes of Minjoo Party supporters, so there was close cooperation. When the candidate was elected, there was naturally communication with the participating parties."

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