Ha Tae-kyung: "Yoon Seok-yeol and Lee Jun-seok, from dating to 'push and pull'... Will restore their relationship"

"Candidate Yoon Has Changed... Accepts Lee Jun-seok's Line"
Regarding the Possibility of Representative Lee Joining the Election Headquarters, "It's Possible"

Ha Tae-kyung, Member of the People Power Party / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, described the conflict between presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and party leader Lee Jun-seok as "fighting and playing hard to get" and expressed optimism that "their relationship can be restored."

On the 6th, Ha appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "Candidate Yoon and Leader Lee are currently like a couple fighting and playing hard to get," emphasizing, "Yoon had judged that it was right to pursue the 2030 generation coalition theory and had accepted Lee Jun-seok's line."

Regarding the cause of the conflict between Yoon and Lee, he explained, "Lee advocated the '2030 priority strategy.' He directly told Yoon and those around him that recruiting Professor Lee Soo-jung and Shin Ji-ye, who are not favored by the 2030 generation, would do more harm than good," adding, "That's why there was a gap with the campaign."

He continued, "They tried internally to persuade and externally to avoid showing fights, but when that failed, they thought they needed to mobilize public opinion pressure, so they strongly criticized the recruitment of Shin Ji-ye."

Regarding Yoon's statement on the 5th at the People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido about the 'campaign renewal plan,' where he mentioned "deep reflection on actions that disappointed the 2030 generation," Ha claimed, "Finally, Yoon has changed."

He added, "Now even the core associates of Yoon (Yoon's key insiders) have effectively accepted Lee Jun-seok's line."

On November 25 last year, Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate (right), and Lee Jun-seok, the party leader, attended the party's Supreme Council meeting / Photo by Yonhap News

When the host pointed out that "Leader Lee's three proposals (greeting commuters on the subway, forming a special committee on gender games, and experiencing platform labor) were not accepted," Ha explained, "From Lee Jun-seok's perspective, although it is very regrettable to part ways with Chairman Kim Jong-in, he positively evaluates the shift in the line from elderly to youth-centered and made the proposals with the desire to reconcile."

He also said, "This could be both Yoon candidate's strength and weakness; to put it negatively, his response speed is a bit slow," but added, "Once he changes, he sticks to it, which is an advantage."

Regarding the possibility of Leader Lee joining the reorganized People Power Party campaign headquarters, he responded, "That is also possible," explaining, "Because the campaign headquarters' line has changed to Lee Jun-seok's line."

Meanwhile, the conflict between candidate Yoon and Leader Lee continues. On the same day, Lee posted on his Facebook, "Today, I made proposals, which I called 'practice problems' within reasonable limits, to try to rekindle support from the younger generation in the election," adding, "That proposal was just rejected."

He continued, "I wish good luck. As party leader, I will faithfully carry out party affairs." Lee also did not attend the parliamentary meeting originally scheduled for that day, which is interpreted as expressing dissatisfaction over the rejection of his 'practice problem' proposals.

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