Lee Jun-seok "The campaign committee lacks strategy and self-sacrifice... will eventually be reorganized"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, is announcing his position on the pardon of former President Park Geun-hye at the National Assembly on the 24th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, repeatedly emphasized the need for a complete overhaul, pointing out structural problems in Yoon Seok-yeol's presidential campaign committee.

On the afternoon of the 24th, Lee appeared on SBS's "Jo Young-jin's News Briefing" and said, "In a situation where the campaign committee is struggling, a major reorganization is necessary."

Lee first criticized the campaign committee for lacking a strategy to respond to suspicions surrounding Yoon's wife, Kim Geon-hee. Lee said, "If you ask anyone in the party's campaign committee, 'What is the grand strategy? Is it to defend at all costs or to provide some explanations?' no one would be able to answer. For example, if the strategy had been set to defend at all costs, I would have been confident in doing so. Even if I were criticized, I could have sacrificed myself to do it. But there was no plan," he sharply criticized.

He also said, "After suspicions were raised through a YTN report, the response was that 'it is an excessive criticism to hold the candidate responsible for the spouse's actions before marriage,'" adding, "There was no response policy, so I made the best response from my position, but bullets flew at me from behind asking why I responded that way."

Regarding the current campaign committee reorganization, he predicted that it would eventually be restructured. Lee said, "For the candidate to win, it is necessary to create space for Kim Jong-in, the general campaign chairman, but no one is willing to sacrifice themselves. The more this continues, the more the candidate will suffer, and eventually, it will be reorganized."

He then predicted, "Many people are talking about whether it is 'reconstruction' or 'remodeling,' but for now, in my opinion, it seems like we are just going to repaint and re-wallpaper. However, someday there will be talk of tearing everything down."

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