Democratic Party Senior Supreme Council Member Kim Jong-min: "Public Sentiment Was Strong to Give the Ruling Party a Stern Warning"

Kim Jong-min, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 19th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Kim Jong-min, a senior supreme council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, cited the judgment on the Democratic Party's governance after last year's general election as one of the causes of the by-election defeat.

On the 8th, on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus,' Kim said, "I believe that evaluations related to the LH case and real estate, or judgments about the reality of real estate, played a major role," adding, "Another factor is the overall evaluation of the four years of national governance, but after the last general election when 180 seats were overwhelmingly given, there was an assessment of whether the Democratic Party truly managed the government properly, and I think these factors largely shaped the flow of this election."

Regarding the Democratic Party's focused attacks on various allegations such as land in Naegok-dong owned by Seoul Mayor-elect Oh Se-hoon and the LCT related to Busan Mayor-elect Park Hyung-joon, Kim noted, "The public did not ignore those issues or consider them insignificant; rather, they saw bigger problems beyond those."

Kim said, "There was a strong public sentiment that the ruling party needed to be reprimanded this time," and added, "If there is a big trend, it is not easy to overturn it with just one or two election strategies."

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