Lee Jun-seok "You Know When You Travel Locally... Democratic Party's Organizational Power Is Laughable"

Former Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the Future United Party (predecessor of the People Power Party). / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] Former Supreme Council Member of the Future United Party (predecessor of the People Power Party), Lee Jun-seok, on the 21st, took a jab at the opinion that "the Democratic Party has strong organizational power" regarding the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections.

In a post on his Facebook that day, the former Supreme Council Member said, "Many people talk about the Democratic Party's organizational power in this by-election," adding, "If you travel around the regions, you would know; this is something that would make a cow laugh," criticizing the notion.

He continued, "The Democratic Party has controlled district heads and mayors for over 10 years, and their so-called organizational power mainly operates through neighborhood chiefs and government-affiliated groups who are greeted by district heads, but due to COVID-19, they haven't met for over a year," pointing out, "An organization that hasn't met for over a year is practically dissolved."

He also remarked, "This is the first election in a state where the influence of so-called local 'notables,' who would drink Makgeolli together at festivals in the fall or attend building opening ceremonies, has completely declined," and added, "Therefore, this election is a media war and a high-altitude battle, and it is advantageous that Park Young-sun (the Democratic Party's Seoul mayoral candidate) is going into it with significantly low media shares."

He then advised, "(When Park occasionally pops up,) suppress it with the Yasukuni bureau. Our side's players are devising election strategies with desperate determination, so until the making film comes out later, everyone outside should tone down their voices a bit."

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