Kim Jong-in "Yoon Seok-yeol is just acting"... Hong Joon-pyo "How disrespectful is that comment"

Hong Jun-pyo, member of the People Power Party (left), and Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party's presidential candidate. / Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the National Assembly, sharply criticized Kim Jong-in, the general election committee chairman, for saying to Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, "Just act according to what the election committee does."

On the 3rd, Hong responded to the question "Is Yoon Seok-yeol Kim Jong-in's puppet?" on the communication channel 'Dream of Youth' with this remark.

Earlier that day, Chairman Kim attended a People Power Party lawmakers' meeting at the National Assembly and stated, "I told candidate Yoon that I will act not as the general election committee chairman but as a chief secretary, so I asked the candidate to change his attitude and just act according to what the election committee does."

Regarding his remarks, when criticism arose that "If candidate Yoon just acts, isn't he an avatar?" Kim explained, "Candidate Yoon is relatively inexperienced in politics, so I am saying this to help him avoid mistakes as much as possible." He added, "There is no other way to correct the candidate's verbal slips."

Regarding the reorganization of the People Power Party's election committee, when a netizen said, "The party will somehow promote him to election committee chairman to suppress candidate replacement," Hong drew a line, saying, "I accepted the primary results and am participating as an advisor to the Daegu election committee."

When another netizen asked, "Is the resignation of the floor leader, policy committee chairman, and secretary-general to be seen as pressure for the party leader's resignation, similar to when Hong was the leader?" he replied, "Lee Jun-seok will not resign."

Meanwhile, former Democratic Party lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju recently said on the YouTube content 'Kim Eo-jun's Das Boida' that Hong wants to become the emergency committee chairman if he loses the presidential election and lead the June local elections. Hong criticized Jeong's remarks, calling him "someone who writes novels alone."

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