Lee Won-wook: "Party Reform Must Be Led by Those Born in the 70s to Achieve Generational Change"

Lee Won-wook "I will also lend my strength to the hard work of lawmakers born in the 70s"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] On the 13th, Lee Won-wook, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, "This party convention must be reorganized with lawmakers born in the 1970s for the party's innovation and reform to be possible."

On the same day, Lee mentioned on his social network service (SNS), "As the emergency committee chairman for the local elections, when lawmakers asked me what the alternative was after deciding to exclude candidate Song Young-gil, I used to say, 'Let's hand over the generation to the lawmakers born in the 1970s.'"

He recalled, "In 2000, when the 'Cheon-Shin-Jeong' (Cheon Jeong-bae, Shin Ki-nam, Jeong Dong-young) started the reform movement of the Millennium Democratic Party, they were in their late 40s. Although their personal fortunes differed, they became the main figures in founding the Uri Party, served as the first party leader and floor leader, and even ran as the presidential candidate in 2007."

Lee said, "It was not senior politicians who pulled them up; they themselves created the generational change and led the reform of the Democratic Party."

He emphasized, "At that time, calling for 'Advisor Kwon No-gap's retreat' was breaking the party taboo. The party's core support was for Advisor Kwon No-gap, but public sentiment favored the retreat of the Donggyodong faction. Because it represented public sentiment, the Democratic Party's reform movement was possible."

Lee stated, "The Democratic Party needs new leadership. I hope the main actors will be those born in the 1970s. They must create the breakthrough themselves."

He added that if the lawmakers born in the 1970s begin their hard struggle, the Democratic Party will gain dynamism, and he himself will lend his support.

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