Yoon Seok-yeol: "Kim Jong-in Asked Me to Handle the Lee Jun-seok Issue"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is attending a video conference on the issues and improvement measures for COVID-19 response held at the Korea Medical Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 16th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Soyeon] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, mentioned on the 21st regarding Lee Jun-seok, who resigned from the position of co-chairman of the campaign committee, "Kim Jong-in, the general campaign chairman, said, 'Leave this matter to me.'"

Candidate Yoon made this remark on the same day in the afternoon while meeting with reporters on his way home from the party office, in response to a question about whether he would accept Lee's resignation.

Yoon added, "Chairman Kim said, 'Candidate, wait a little. I will take care of this matter. I will handle it,' so I am discussing it with Chairman Kim Jong-in."

Lee Yang-su, the senior spokesperson of the campaign committee, also hinted that after Lee Jun-seok's press conference at 4 p.m., Yoon called Chairman Kim first and consulted with him, saying, "Chairman Kim said, 'Please entrust this matter to me. I will resolve it,' and the candidate asked Chairman Kim to 'please resolve it well.'"

When asked whether the scope of Yoon's entrustment to Chairman Kim includes the position of Public Relations Director Cho Su-jin, he replied, "Yes. Everything," adding, "Both parties agreed to entrust Chairman Kim with this matter."

Regarding whether Lee maintains his position in the campaign committee, the senior spokesperson said, "It should be understood that the campaign committee position is currently maintained," and added, "Although he expressed his intention to resign, no decision has been made to accept it yet, so the position is considered to be maintained."

When asked if Candidate Yoon plans to persuade Lee, he answered, "Chairman Kim requested to be entrusted with all such persuasion and matters, and the candidate entrusted him, so I believe Chairman Kim will resolve this matter well."

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