Sharp Words from Opposition Floor Leader Candidate: "Yun Hojung, Politics Is Not Just About Numbers"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] "Politics is not about numbers and fists."

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At the People Power Party's event "Dialogue with First-term Lawmakers: Listening to the Floor Leader Candidates" held at the National Assembly on the 26th, the floor leader candidates sharply criticized the ruling party's one-party dominance over the past year. When asked about a sharp remark to say when first meeting the ruling party's floor leader, Representative Kim Ki-hyun criticized the ruling party's governance and said this.

Representative Kim Ki-hyun said, "When I saw the previous floor leader (former Democratic Party floor leader Kim Tae-nyeon) forcibly pushing through the laws he wanted at the plenary session of the National Assembly while clenching both fists and shouting, I wondered if the people would really support such a closed party. This time, such a result (the 4.7 re- and by-election crushing defeat) came out," adding, "Yun Ho-jung, the new Democratic Party floor leader, rushing toward hardline politics will fall into a trap." He said, "Politics is done not with numbers and fists but with the head and heart," and "The People Power Party will do politics with the head and heart."

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Representative Kim Tae-heum said, "I want to give a phrase containing the name of floor leader Yun Ho-jung, the Chinese idiom 호중지천 (壺中之天), meaning 'a world inside a jar,'" and added, "Let's stop the politics of the pro-Moon faction and do big-hearted politics that look at the people together."

Representative Kwon Seong-dong said, "I do not think the 21st National Assembly was proper politics," promising that if he meets floor leader Yun, he will ask, "Will you continue like this?" He said, "The 21st National Assembly was politics of the survival of the fittest, not proper politics," and "The people's demand is to do politics of coexistence and cooperation, not fighting. I will say, 'Let's show the power of Gangwon Province as fellow natives of Gangwon Province.'"

Representative Yoo Ui-dong said, "If I meet floor leader Yun Ho-jung, I think I will say, 'Thanks to you, I was elected.'" He explained, "The Democratic Party keeps rejecting public sentiment and only tries to protect Moon's heart (President Moon Jae-in's will), so I was elected as a countermeasure."

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