Kim Jong-in "If intentions don't match, parting ways"…Expresses intention to split with Yoon Seok-yeol (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kim Jong-in, the overall election campaign committee chairman of the People Power Party, announced on the 5th his intention to leave the campaign committee of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate.

On the same day, Kim told a media outlet in a phone call, "The reorganization of the campaign committee is to ensure the president's election, but they are saying things like coup or retired king, and if our intentions do not match, we part ways," it was reported.

Kim also said, "I was forcibly dragged in, so there is no need to have regrets."

Earlier, on the 3rd, at the People Power Party Central Campaign Committee meeting, Kim stated, "I am announcing that we will carry out a full reorganization of our People Power Party campaign committee to show the people that we are making our best efforts." However, this plan for reorganization was reportedly not coordinated with candidate Yoon and others beforehand, leading to controversy over a 'coup.'

Additionally, Kim made a remark at the People Power Party lawmakers' meeting, saying, "I will act not as the overall campaign committee chairman but as a chief secretary, so I asked the candidate to change his attitude and to postpone as we have done." After this remark, criticism arose inside and outside Yoon's campaign, questioning whether "Kim is acting like a retired king."

Yoon, who had entrusted full authority of the campaign committee to former Chairman Kim, is reported to have dissolved the existing campaign committee on the morning of the same day and reorganized it into a practical organization with only operational functions remaining. It is expected that Yoon will express his intention to directly oversee all aspects of the campaign committee without Kim Jong-in.

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