Hong Jun-pyo, Kim Jae-won Angered by 'Low Election Chances' Remark... "They Should Disappear from Politics"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Hong Jun-pyo, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, criticized the party leadership member Kim Jae-won on the 23rd. He held Kim, a top committee member of the party leadership, responsible for disparaging candidate Hong on a YouTube broadcast.

Through social media (SNS) on the same day, Hong said, "The person who ruined the country and the Park Geun-hye administration as a 'Jinbak discriminator' has now appeared as a 'Jinyun discriminator,' dragging the party into a quagmire and manipulating the opposition with a feather-light mouth. I hope he disappears from politics now. He should have disappeared when he lost his seat as a member of the National Assembly."

The person Hong referred to is Kim, the top committee member. The Hong candidate camp also issued an official statement saying, "Kim, the top committee member, on a program hosted by former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju yesterday, made disparaging remarks about preliminary candidate Hong Jun-pyo, who is narrowing the support gap to the party's number one candidate by a single-digit margin, saying things like '(Hong Jun-pyo) doesn’t seem to have much chance of winning' and 'It would be a big problem if (Hong Jun-pyo) becomes the candidate.' We demand that he immediately resign from the top committee and disappear from politics."

In relation to this, Kim reportedly apologized by saying "sorry" at the top committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the same day. Heo Eun-ah, the chief spokesperson for the People Power Party, told reporters after the top committee meeting that Kim "requested immediate deletion of the comment as it was lightly thrown."

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