Seol Hoon: "Lee Jae-myung, Stop 'Testing the Waters' Politics... If Decided to Run, Should Announce Soon"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 8th, Seol Hoon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, urged Lee Jae-myung to "stop the 'politics of testing the waters' by hiding behind bodyguards and watching the mood" and called for a decision to run in the party convention.

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On this day, Seol said on Facebook, "If you have decided to run despite many people's objections and concerns, declare your candidacy as soon as possible and persuade the people and party members."

Seol pointed out that with the party convention scheduled for August, all eyes are focused solely on whether Lee will run, saying, "The issues of the party convention, which should be filled with the future of the Democratic Party and a new vision, are now causing further conflict and division by waiting only for one person's words."

He asked Lee, "How long do we have to wait? How much more division and pain must our party endure until the timing of Lee's declaration of candidacy is calculated?"

Seol criticized, "What our party politicians and members should be discussing now is not whether Lee will run, but 'the path the party should take.' However, the question of Lee's candidacy has become the sole topic of the convention, and the sincerity of the convention has disappeared. The vision and policy issues of the candidates who have declared their candidacy have also vanished."

He added, "It is an undeniable truth that former leader Song Young-gil's mayoral run in Seoul, which was forced despite breaking the rules and against the majority's objections after the presidential election defeat, was a factor in the local election defeat and the current conflict situation. Denying such common-sense criticism and reflection is not what it means to be Democratic Party-like," he criticized.

He emphasized to Lee, "If you have nothing to be ashamed of, sometimes humbly and sometimes confidently face the criticisms flying at you."

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