Park Ji-won: "Yoon, a Fearsome Traffic Officer... Na Kyung-won Should Run"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won urged Na Kyung-won, Vice Chair of the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Committee, to run for office, saying, "Na Kyung-won, who has party support, is the future." He criticized the ruling party's leadership election, which is swayed by 'Yunshim (尹心),' calling President Yoon Seok-yeol a "fearsome traffic cop."

On the 11th, former Director Park said on KBS's 'Choi Kyung-young's Strongest Current Affairs,' "Don't give up and you should run as a representative here."

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He said, "If President Yoon Seok-yeol says today, Na Kyung-won, who has party support, is the future," adding, "(If she runs) whether she becomes a presidential candidate or a Seoul mayoral candidate, even if she loses the representative election, she will grow politically."

However, he expressed concern, saying, "From what I see, she seems unable to come out because she is being subjected to a kind of group lynching." The term 'group lynching' refers to the concentrated attacks by Yoon's key aides (Yunhaekgwan) against Vice Chair Na. Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min also said in an interview with KBS Daegu-Gyeongbuk 7 PM News, "Once the presidential office pointed her out, Yoon's key aides rushed in and carried out a group lynching."

Former Director Park said, "Currently, former lawmaker Yoo and Vice Chair Na are standing at a critical test stage," adding, "If they overcome this and take on the challenge, whether they win or lose, the future will open up. If they give up here, it might become difficult even to get nominated as a lawmaker."

Suspicions have been raised that 'Yunshim' is involved in the traffic control among candidates ahead of the People Power Party leadership election. Former Director Park said, "Isn't President Yoon also standing at a challenge? The public has watched the process where former leader Lee Jun-seok was excluded, then the party members became 100%, and then (Vice Chair Na)," adding, "President Yoon is a fearsome traffic cop. Once caught, he draws a strict line."

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