"Is the Election Committee Just for Self-Politics... A Rabble," Jang Je-won Criticizes Lee Jun-seok and Jo Su-jin

"The Party Leader Is a Petty Politician Who Selfishly Formed the Campaign Committee"
"Where Does the Public Relations Chief Recklessly Sell the Candidate's Intentions?"

Jang Je-won, People Power Party lawmaker / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Jang Je-won, a member of the People Power Party, strongly criticized the conflict between Representative Lee Jun-seok and Supreme Council Member Jo Su-jin, calling it a "ragtag campaign committee."

On the 21st, Jang wrote on his Facebook, "I am utterly speechless whether the party's campaign committee is for the presidential candidate or for personal politics," criticizing the situation.

He continued, "Seeing how the campaign committee has been operating recently, I think direct criticism is necessary, so I will say a word. The party leader and the campaign committee's public relations director have been engaged in a brawl for two days," he pointed out.

Jang targeted Representative Lee, saying, "The petty self-centered politics of the party leader who cannot endure even the slightest injustice is making the campaign committee selfish," he criticized sharply.

He expressed his frustration, saying, "For the candidate and the stability of the campaign committee organization, shouldn't small grievances or frustrations be endured while comforting the members?"

Regarding Supreme Council Member Jo, he said, "Where does the public relations director recklessly betray the candidate's intentions?" and criticized, "If you are going to publicly criticize the party leader, there must be a clear justification. Why apologize immediately?"

He also pointed out problems with the entire People Power Party campaign committee. He said, "The organizational headquarters' discord is leaking outside, and the secretariat, which should coordinate the issues, has been reduced to an annex," and strongly criticized, "They talked about hyenas, but this is nothing but a ragtag group."

Lee Jun-seok, Standing Election Committee Chairman of the People Power Party (right), is attending the Central Election Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 20th and delivering a speech. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Earlier, it was reported that Representative Lee and Supreme Council Member Jo exchanged loud words and engaged in a heated argument during a closed campaign committee meeting the previous morning. When Lee mentioned managing articles related to the so-called 'Yun Hae-kwan' (key associates of candidate Yoon Seok-yeol), Jo responded, "I only listen to candidate Yoon," which led to conflict between the two. As emotions escalated, Lee struck the table with his hand and left the meeting room.

Lee also demanded Jo's resignation, accusing her of sharing videos defaming him.

In a post on Facebook that day, he wrote, "Why can't Jo Su-jin, the public relations director, focus on public relations work and instead send links from 'Garo Sero Research Institute' worrying about Lee Jun-seok's mental health to multiple journalists?" He added, "Is the campaign committee's work so idle that you watch and send such broadcasts? Just step down on your own."

Along with this, Lee shared a screenshot of a KakaoTalk messenger screen showing Jo sending a YouTube video link titled "Lee Jun-seok's outrageous riot! Mental health concerns! Should be forced to resign now" as evidence.

In response, Jo wrote on Facebook, "I forwarded the YouTube link to three reporters who kept requesting calls without checking the content," and bowed her head, saying, "It happened because I was overwhelmed, but regardless of the reason, it was wrong."

However, Lee posted again that day, asking, "Do you throw the Garo Sero Research Institute link to reporters calling without even watching it? Why does our public relations watch Garo Sero videos, and is the role of public relations to explain by throwing Garo Sero links to reporters?" He demanded her resignation, saying, "Before this becomes a bigger issue, please clearly state your position."

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