Hong Jun-pyo to First-Term Lawmakers: "Me Anti-Reformist? Absurd Thinking"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] On the day of Chuseok, the 1st, Representative Hong Joon-pyo sharpened his words toward the first-term lawmakers of the People Power Party.

On that day, Representative Hong said on his Facebook, "I find it truly difficult to agree with the absurd thinking of some first-term lawmakers who support party reform by an octogenarian veteran politician but consider a sixtysomething senior member to be anti-reform."

He continued, "I have never once opposed party reform," and emphasized, "Rather, I understand that the party is now doing what I could not do when I was running it, and I am just watching."

The octogenarian veteran politician refers to Emergency Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in, and the sixtysomething senior member is understood to refer to himself. In other words, he expressed discomfort toward the first-term lawmakers of the People Power Party who support Chairman Kim's reform moves but oppose his reinstatement to the party.

Representative Hong said, "How can a party based in Yeongnam regain power by excluding senior members from Yeongnam?" and sharpened his words, "Can the opinions of some first-term lawmakers with conflicting interests represent the entire party's opinion?"

He added, "The country is falling into such a state, yet we still cannot unite and seem to be heading toward a fragmented opposition party obsessed only with small self-interests, which is regrettable," and "I am solely interested in setting the country right and have no interest whatsoever in party leadership."

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