Kim Geun-sik: "Pro- Moon faction can't trust Lee Nak-yeon... Internal conflicts within the Democratic Party will intensify"

Democratic Party of Korea's newly elected leader Lee Nak-yeon is greeting after the end of self-quarantine in front of his residence in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 31st. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Seulgi Kim] With Lee Nak-yeon elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Geun-sik, the Future United Party's Seoul Songpa-byeong district committee chairman, criticized, saying, "The characteristic of the Democratic Party's new leadership is that the pro-Moon (親文) loyalists are each fending for themselves."

On the 31st, Kim posted on his Facebook, "Leader Lee is a non-Roh (非盧) politician from Honam. This is the background for why the pro-Moon loyalists do not fully trust him as their own," he said.

Kim analyzed, "The core of the Uri Party was the pro-Roh faction, and the owners of the Democratic Party are the pro-Moon camp. None of the five Supreme Council members are representatives, leaders, or agents of the pro-Moon loyalist troops," adding, "Kim Jong-min comes from the Ahn Hee-jung lineage and only raised his profile by defending Cho Kuk, but he is not a pro-Moon leader who leads the loyalists."

He continued, "Yeom Tae-young was elected with the support of pro-Moon loyalists in southern Gyeonggi, and No Woong-rae is obviously non-Moon and non-mainstream. Shin Dong-geun gained recognition by fighting fiercely, and Yang Hyang-ja likely owes her position to the support of pro-Moon loyalists in Gwangju," explaining, "On the contrary, Han Byung-do might have been a dispatched pro-Moon loyalist, but he lost."

He added, "As a result, among Lee Nak-yeon and the five Supreme Council members, there is no pro-Moon loyalist who is united and appointed as their leader or agent," and questioned, "Anyway, this is strange. Why did the pro-Moon loyalists, who pride themselves as the owners of the party, fail or choose not to appoint an agent in the leadership?"

Kim predicted, "What is clear is that if Leader Lee and the Supreme Council leadership infringe upon or fail to represent the interests of the pro-Moon loyalists, the pro-Moon loyalists centered on party members will not remain passive, and internal conflicts and confusion within the Democratic Party will increase in the future."

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