Kim Jong-in Warns of "Heavy Responsibility" in Party Leader Election, Lee Jun-seok Responds "It's a Broad Statement"

Kim Jong-in "To Win the Election, One Must Know What Role to Play Themselves"

Lee Jun-seok, Leader of the People Power Party (Source=Yonhap News) / Kim Jong-in, General Election Committee Chairman of the People Power Party.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee] Kim Jong-in, the overall election committee chairman of the People Power Party, made a sharp remark toward Lee Jun-seok, the party leader who has been issuing critical messages about presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol after resigning from the election committee position, saying, "The party leader holds a grave responsibility to lead the election to victory."

After the election committee meeting on the 27th, Kim commented on the internal party conflict surrounding Lee, saying, "If you want to win the election, the party leader must know what role he should play as the party leader, so why would a third party say anything?"

He pointed out, "If we fail to achieve a regime change as the people desire in next year's presidential election, one can imagine what the party's position will be afterward," adding, "If we fail in the presidential election, we won't be able to properly handle the local elections, and if that also fails, the general election will inevitably fail. We have no choice but to consider the party's future direction."

He continued, "If we betray the people's expectations once again, there is an urgent thought that the people may completely abandon us. If you think about this seriously, everyone affiliated with the party should be able to judge for themselves how to act for next year's presidential election as politicians."

In his opening remarks at the election committee meeting that day, Kim also warned, "To add one more warning, many people who say they want to help the election express their opinions," and urged, "Please judge coldly whether that really helps the election or not before speaking."

He emphasized, "Opposing the candidate's policy promises just because they don't align with one's own thoughts does not help the election at all," and added, "Everyone participating in the election committee and everyone affiliated with the party must do their best in their respective roles to respond to the people's desire to win the presidential election and achieve regime change."

However, regarding Kim's remarks, Lee said, "It's a very general statement," and that it probably was not a direct message aimed at him.

Lee appeared on MBC Radio's 'Pyo Chang-won's News High Kick' that day and said, "Even after I resigned from the election committee, Kim Jong-in usually visits my room 30 minutes before the committee meetings, which are usually held at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, to talk together. So there is no communication problem," adding, "Since I haven't made many recent statements related to the election committee in a broad sense, I don't think he was specifically pointing at me."

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