Kim Geun-sik: "Kwak Sang-do Should Resign Like Yoon Hee-sook... Leaving the Party Won't Solve Anything"

"Resigning is the right thing to do, if only to avoid political responsibility or burdening regime change"
Calling Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung "brazen Lee Jae-myung"

Gwak Sang-do, a member of the People Power Party, who was revealed to have received a large retirement payment from Hwacheon Daeyu through his son, submitted his resignation from the party on the 26th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] Professor Kim Geun-sik of Gyeongnam University advised Gwak Sang-do, who left the People Power Party amid controversy over his son’s large retirement payout as an employee of Hwacheon Daeyu, to go beyond just leaving the party and make the decision to resign from his parliamentary seat so as not to burden the regime change.

On the 27th, Professor Kim stated on CBS Radio’s "Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show," "Leaving the party alone is not enough."

He explained, "Representative Yoon Hee-sook was the one who criticized Governor Lee Jae-myung most sharply on real estate issues, but when allegations of her father’s land speculation arose, whether she knew or not, she took moral and political responsibility and showed the determination to resign from her parliamentary seat. This was because it would burden next year’s regime change."

He raised his voice, saying, "Representative Gwak Sang-do, who persistently raised issues about the president’s children, should also resign like Representative Yoon Hee-sook, whether he knew or not about his son’s receipt of 5 billion won, to prove his innocence and to avoid burdening political responsibility or regime change."

Regarding Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party’s presidential primary candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Professor Kim used the expression "brazen Lee Jae-myung," saying, "In a post on Facebook ahead of the Jeonbuk primary, Governor Lee said that although he is under heavy suspicion because of the Daejang-dong development, he will rather decisively eradicate the real estate construction corruption forces and the republic of unearned income from real estate."

He pointed out, "It’s a good statement, but aren’t the people who have most angered the public with real estate unearned income, construction corruption, and quick riches the seven samurai of Daejang-dong or the seven people who were showered with money? I thought of the phrase ‘brazen’."

He added, "Then it would be better if he first uproots these people, clears all suspicions about the Daejang-dong issue, and after that becomes president, he can truly carry out 100% public development."

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