Kim Byung-joon: "If People Power Party Opposes National Assembly's Move to Sejong, It Will Lose Presidential Election"

Kim Byung-jun, Chairman of the Sejong City Party Committee of the People Power Party. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Ju-hee] Kim Byung-joon, chairman of the People Power Party's Sejong City branch, stated on the 16th, "If the People Power Party opposes the relocation of the National Assembly to Sejong, the possibility of losing the next presidential election is high."

On the same day, Kim said to reporters, "I told Kim Jong-in, the emergency committee chairman, that our party must express a strong will to complete the administrative capital in Sejong City."

Kim pointed out, "If the party takes a passive stance on relocating the administrative capital, it must naturally present alternatives for balanced regional development. Opposing the relocation without alternatives will fail to win the public sentiment in the Chungcheong region and ultimately be fatal in the presidential election."

He continued, "Before debating constitutional issues regarding the completion of Sejong City's administrative capital, the relocation of the National Assembly must be declared first. Legal and financial issues can be discussed later. If we keep talking only about the Constitutional Court's rulings as we do now, we will lose the public sentiment in the Chungcheong region."

Kim emphasized, "I believe Seoul citizens do not hold negative views about the National Assembly's relocation. Seoul should present a development strategy as a global city, and the regions should become value-centered parties with their own development strategies."

Regarding the rise in presidential approval ratings of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, Kim warned, "It is a card to kill the opposition party, a card the government and ruling party have in mind to control variables for a favored figure. The more Prosecutor General Yoon rises, the more the existence of the People Power Party disappears."

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