Yoo Seung-min: "Exploiting the President's Name to Parasite on Power... Will Not Give Nomination"

"A gathering of people who are loyal to those who say they are not loyal to their own party members"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min said on the 29th, "I will not give nominations to those who are currently acting arrogantly with power as 'Yunhaekgwan' wearing armbands." He expressed concern that the People Power Party seems to be turning into a one-man dictatorship party, and he also criticized the party leadership candidates competing for 'Yunsim (尹心)' in the party convention scheduled for March next year.

On the same day, Yoo appeared on CBS Radio's Kim Hyun-jung's News Show and said, "Those pathetic politicians who blindly follow and flatter the president, living off the president's name and power, should be driven out of the party, and new reformist people should be nominated to win the general election."

He pointed out two problems of the People Power Party, saying, "Right now, the People Power Party seems like a gathering of people who are loyal to those who are not loyal to people," and "It is becoming a one-man dictatorship party of the president" and "It is increasingly becoming a conservative, far-right party." He added, "Seeing the party going this way, the important thing (in running for party leader) is whether I can step up to stop this regressing party and bring about change and innovation."

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He warned that the competition for Yunsim could ultimately have a negative impact on public opinion. Yoo said, "I am Yunsim. I am Yunsim. The Yunhaekgwan are fighting among themselves," and criticized, "If politicians cannot shine on their own and instead rely on someone's name, blindly follow and flatter someone to become party leader, how much will the public ridicule them?"

He continued, "(The public) will see the People Power Party leader as just a slave or servant of President Yoon," and pointed out, "The party leader should lead the general election and symbolize the party's direction, but if they just go to the presidential residence to get meals and cannot utter a word even if the president is 100% wrong, will the public vote for such a party?"

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