Kim Jae-won: "Jeong Hong-won, Former Prime Minister, Likely to Be Appointed as the Election Commission Chair for the People Power Party Presidential Primary"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Former Prime Minister Chung Hong-won is expected to serve as the election management committee chairman for the People Power Party's presidential primary.

On the 23rd, Kim Jae-won, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, appeared on YTN Radio’s ‘Hwang Bo-seon’s Start Morning’ and stated, "Former Prime Minister Chung is expected to be appointed as the election management committee chairman." Kim added, "The previous evening, Lee Jun-seok, the party leader of the People Power Party, asked for former Prime Minister Chung’s consent to the appointment, and he agreed."

He said, "I don’t think there will be significant opposition to appointing former Supreme Council member Chung," and added, "If the elder takes charge and manages the primary fairly without any noise, I believe all the previous confusion will be cleared away, making it a good opportunity for a fresh start."

Kim also said, "I don’t think the election management will be unfair just because former Prime Minister Chung is appointed as chairman," and added, "I think Leader Lee made a good appointment."

Meanwhile, regarding the investigation results to be announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on real estate speculation allegations involving People Power Party lawmakers, former Supreme Council member Kim said, "Leader Lee has repeatedly vowed to respond more strongly than the Democratic Party, so I believe that promise must be kept," and added, "At the very least, they cannot respond less strongly than the Democratic Party." However, he expressed the opinion, "If the lawmakers’ claims have reasonable grounds, listening to those claims would also be consistent with the Democratic Party’s approach."

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