Jang Je-won: "Concern Over 'Lee Jun-seok Risk' Becoming Reality... Stop Undermining Yoon's Value"

Jang Je-won, a member of the People Power Party, is speaking at the plenary meeting of the Special Committee on Personnel Hearings regarding the election of the Central Election Commission members (Jo Byung-hyun, Jo Seong-dae) at the National Assembly in September last year.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] On the 22nd, Jang Je-won, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice toward Lee Jun-seok, who evaluated the approval rating trend of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol as "dangerous," saying, "Immediately stop the self-politics that lowers the value of opposition candidates to raise your own value."

In a post on his Facebook on the same day, Representative Jang said, "It seems dangerous not because of former Prosecutor General Yoon's approval rating but because of the remarks of the leader of the main opposition party. I am very concerned that the 'Lee Jun-seok risk' is becoming a reality."

He said, "It only looks like the leader of the main opposition party, who should protect opposition candidates, is making provocative remarks like 'dangerous,' which seems to induce a decline in former Prosecutor General Yoon's approval rating," and questioned, "Is there currently any candidate in the opposition with a higher approval rating than former Prosecutor General Yoon?"

He continued, "If former Prosecutor General Yoon's approval rating is dangerous, does that mean other candidates have approval ratings so low that they cannot even run?" and added, "This is self-destructive politics."

He also pointed out, "Furthermore, Lee said, 'Former Prosecutor General Yoon is making judgments similar to those made by Representative Ahn Cheol-soo when he was politically inexperienced in the past,'" and criticized, "Listening to Lee's remarks, one might mistake them for comments from ruling party analysts."

Representative Jang said, "Lee has the duty to comprehensively manage the opposition presidential platform beyond the People Power Party, but despite this, I cannot help but ask what he gains by criticizing the opposition's top presidential candidate in this way," and added, "Now is the time for everyone to work together to achieve the hope of regime change."

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, is delivering a welcome speech at the business agreement ceremony for discovering and nurturing young talents in their 20s and 30s, held on the 19th at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul.
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Earlier, Lee appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and responded "dangerous" to the host's question, "How do you analyze the trend of former Prosecutor General Yoon's approval rating?"

Lee said, "We understand that former Prosecutor General Yoon staying outside the party for a long time is intended to secure moderate expansion," and pointed out, "From that perspective, we expect some results, but judging from his recent remarks, he made progressive comments in Gwangju but immediately afterward made remarks that align with the sentiment in Daegu."

He added, "He is making judgments very similar to those made by Representative Ahn when he was politically inexperienced and first participated in politics and had difficulty setting direction," and said, "Such a model mostly does not yield good results."

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