Lee Jun-seok: "Mentioned Eom Seok-dae to increase voter turnout... The problem was recalling Yoon"

"Cheon Ha-ram 100% Confident in 2nd Place"

Former leader Lee Jun-seok, who is supporting the 'Lee Jun-seok faction' candidates in this People Power Party leadership election, revealed that his mention of Lee Mun-yeol's novel Our Twisted Hero during a press conference the day before the mobile voting was intended to increase voter turnout.

On the 6th, Lee said on CBS's Kim Hyun-jung's News Show, "We thought it would be advantageous if the turnout was high. So we thought about how to raise the turnout."

During the mobile voting for the People Power Party leadership election held over the past weekend, the turnout reached 47.51%, marking a record high. Lee said, "This time, since the presidential office was strongly planning things, it was not an election where people listened to speeches and evaluated them," adding, "So I thought about how to mobilize reform-minded party members, and that’s when I mentioned the so-called Eom Seok-dae."

Eom Seok-dae is a major villain character in Our Twisted Hero, and there is speculation that this was a reference to President Yoon Seok-yeol. Lee’s remark at the press conference on the 3rd, "The homeroom teacher scolds Eom Seok-dae for being bad, but the kids who were key associates of Eom Seok-dae also get beaten five times," which evokes 'Yoon Hae-gwan (Yoon Seok-yeol’s key associates),' further supports this interpretation.

However, when asked by the host whether he was comparing President Yoon to Eom Seok-dae, Lee avoided a direct answer, saying, "I will not confirm that." He added, "The fact that they themselves associate President Yoon with Eom Seok-dae is the problem. I am not trying to avoid the question," and "I only talked about the book, but if party members, the public, or even broadcasters associate it with a person, that is literally a problem."

Regarding the high turnout, the pro-Yoon candidate Kim Ki-hyun’s camp is confident of winning a majority of votes. In response, Lee said, "Mobile voting means a higher proportion of young party members are voting, and those people do not show strong support for the Yoon Seok-yeol administration in general opinion polls," adding, "Recently, there have been claims that older age groups have become familiar with mobile voting due to things like trot music programs, but that needs to be verified."

He also emphasized that Cheon Ha-ram, the candidate he supports, is definitely in second place. Lee said, "There are rumors coming from Kim’s camp as well, saying 'It’s almost certain that Cheon Ha-ram will come in second,'" and "I am 100% confident."

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