Kim Jaewon: "Lee Junseok is not the only one who can cook blowfish... There is some regret"

"Even If You Have Something to Say, Restraining Yourself Is a Politician's Virtue"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party (left), and Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council member, are talking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 7th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, announced that he would resign from all positions within the party's Central Election Countermeasures Committee. On the 22nd, Kim Jae-won, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, said, "The greatest virtue of politicians is to hold back even when they have something they want to say."

Kim appeared on TBS Radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' that day and said, "There are cases where problems are solved over time through the collective intelligence of many people."

He added, "Rather than rushing to solve things first, since we are a democratic country, we need to gather many people's opinions. That requires some time." He continued, "I think the enthusiasm might be a bit too much."

Kim also expressed concern toward Lee, saying, "He says he is handling party affairs as the party leader, but there are no party affairs left. Everything has been transferred to the election committee." He added, "If he starts doing various things under the name of party affairs, he will attract attention, and there will be controversy over whether that helps the election or not. In that sense, it is very unfortunate."

Regarding Lee's complaint that "even though I repeatedly said to handle the pufferfish carefully, it ended up being blended in a mixer," Kim pointed out, "Pufferfish dishes should be prepared by experts, so you shouldn't recklessly wield a knife, but in fact, there are many people who prepare pufferfish dishes. It's not something only one person can do."

He continued, "Because (Lee) is a symbolic figure, we elected him as the leader, and haven't we followed all his demands so far?" He added, "Therefore, we should take this decision seriously, and I also wish he himself had made this decision more seriously."

Earlier, after a conflict with Cho Soo-jin, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, Lee declared his resignation from the positions of Standing Election Committee Chair and Head of Public Relations and Media on the 21st. Subsequently, Cho also stepped down from the positions of Vice Chair of the Election Committee and Head of the Public Relations Team.

After declaring his resignation, Lee wrote on his Facebook, "From today, I will focus on the usual duties of the party leader. Since the theory of generational integration has practically collapsed, someone should devise a new grand strategy and prepare the election strategy accordingly." He criticized, "Even though I repeatedly said to handle the pufferfish carefully, it ended up being blended in a mixer."

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