Kim Jong-in "No Contact with Presidential Candidates Outside the Party Now... Those Met 2 Years Ago"

Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, and Joo Ho-young, Floor Leader of the United Future Party, are attending the Emergency Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 6th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy reporters Lee Ji-eun and Lim Chun-han] Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, who revealed the existence of presidential candidates outside the party by saying, "There are people wriggling outside the party," dismissed rumors of contact by stating, "We are not in contact right now."

Chairman Kim said this on the morning of the 6th after the United Future Party Emergency Committee meeting held at the National Assembly, telling reporters, "Those are people I met about two years ago before I came here."

He added, "I am not making efforts to discover presidential candidates," and "Those who will run for president have nothing to do with me."

Regarding Kim Tae-nyeon, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, announcing plans to strengthen the comprehensive real estate tax (종부세) for multi-homeowners, he said, "Claiming that strengthening the comprehensive real estate tax will suppress real estate speculation shows a misunderstanding of the basic logic of taxation," adding, "If the comprehensive real estate tax is strengthened, people who own only one house end up being punished, while multi-homeowners have the ability to pass on the increased tax, so ultimately, the effect is minimal."

He explained, "In the past, various taxes were used as real estate policies, and although they seemed effective temporarily, they were not very effective," and "People who talk about it superficially think that just raising taxes will have an effect, but based on past experience, it had no effect at all. To come up with proper measures, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic policy should comprehensively assess everything, but real estate is a very uncertain matter."

During the Emergency Committee meeting that day, there was also a statement saying, "Kim Hyun-mi, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, will be held accountable." Regarding this, Chairman Kim said, "Holding someone accountable is something the person implementing the policy must do," and added, "It is a request to the appointing authority to hold responsibility for policy failure." In other words, President Moon Jae-in should hold Minister Kim accountable.

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