Na Kyung-won: "A Strong and Solid Ruling Party Is Needed to Restore Defense Capabilities"

Drone Incident Criticized... "Next Year's Party Congress Is Important"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Na Kyung-won, Vice Chairperson of the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Committee and currently leading the support rate for the next party leader among ruling party supporters, pointed out that the North Korean drone infiltration incident is a "sequela of the Panmunjom Declaration, etc." and emphasized the need for a "strong and solid ruling party."

On the 27th, Vice Chairperson Na said through her social media (SNS), "For the Yoon administration, urgently restoring the weakened defense capabilities and vigilance against North Korea since the Moon Jae-in government is an urgent and critical task."

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She added, "To realize that task, a strong and solid ruling party is naturally necessary," and "That is why next year's party convention is also important." This is interpreted as hinting at her possible candidacy for party leader at the party convention scheduled for March next year. Vice Chairperson Na also expressed her determination through SNS on the 25th, saying, "The thing I hear most these days is 'Please become the party leader.'"

She mentioned that during her visit to the U.S. as floor leader in 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pointed out, "Did the Panmunjom Declaration and the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement only lead to the disarmament of the Republic of Korea?" and said, "It was truly a harsh and precarious five years under the Moon administration." She added that her speech as the 'chief spokesperson for Kim Jong-un' during the negotiation group leader speech in the National Assembly a month after her U.S. visit was also because of Speaker Pelosi's remarks.

Vice Chairperson Na recalled, "After seeing the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, I went to the U.S. with a sense of mission to do something out of anxiety and met alone with John Bolton, the White House National Security Advisor, to explain not only the problems of premature end-of-war declarations and peace agreements but also the essence of the Moon administration," adding, "Ultimately, President Trump ended that gamble with the collapse of the Hanoi summit. People from the Moon administration lamented and blamed me, saying 'The end-of-war declaration was canceled because of Na Kyung-won,' and criticized me repeatedly."

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