Hong Jun-pyo on Yoon Seok-yeol's 'Love Call': "I Won't Foolishly Take the Lead Anymore"

"This party, when things go well, some eunuchs take all the credit"

Hong Joon-pyo, member of the People Power Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] On the 9th, Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, stated, "Even if I help (Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate), it is appropriate to help from behind, not foolishly taking the lead and bearing the brunt upfront anymore."

On the same day, Hong posted an article titled "The Characteristics of This Party" on the online community he runs, 'Youth's Dream,' saying, "In this party where I have been for 27 years, when things go well, a few eunuchs take all the credit, and when things go wrong, one person is scapegoated while the eunuchs hide," expressing his views.

He criticized, "It will be the same this time. During the impeachment presidential election, which I did not want to participate in, I stepped up and saved the party, but people in this party and the Korean conservative base ignore the situation at that time and blame me for losing because I did not unify with Ahn Cheol-soo."

He continued, "To make this favorable presidential election environment end up like this and then be told to take the blame is something only a fool would do. However, I will do my part behind the scenes." Hong is currently listed as an advisor to the party's Daegu regional election committee.

Previously, in the 2017 presidential election, Hong ran as the Liberty Korea Party (now People Power Party) candidate and received 24.03% of the vote, losing to Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea, who received 41.08%. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party, who came in third, received 21.41%. Some argued that if Hong and Ahn had unified, the opposition could have won the presidential election.

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is viewing the special exhibition of Korean artists with developmental disabilities held at the Calligraphy Museum of the Seoul Arts Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the 8th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the same day, Hong posted again, saying, "During my 26 years of service in this party, I took on all kinds of difficult tasks and led the fight against the government, but during the last general election, I stumbled because of a rolling stone. After great hardship, I got back up but was blocked by another rolling stone and endured the sorrow of not being able to return home for 1 year and 4 months."

He added, "While I was away, no one mentioned the issue of reinstatement except for Representative Lee Jun-seok, who helped me, so I have always been grateful to him. Even if another rolling stone causes a landslide victory in public opinion but a crushing defeat within the party, I do not resent this party."

Furthermore, he emphasized, "Even if the party betrays me, I will not betray the party. However, I will no longer do foolish things of being used. But my resolve to unite all forces and serve loyally on the front line for regime change will not change."

Meanwhile, Candidate Yoon continues to send 'love calls' to Hong by appointing Assemblyman Cho Kyung-tae, who served as the campaign committee chairman for Hong's primary campaign, as the head of the functional headquarters of the election campaign headquarters.

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