Kim Jaewon: "The Decline of the Lee Jun-seok Faction Is a Normal Outcome"

"Yoo Seung-min SNS, Meaning of 'My Shares Disappeared'"

At the People Power Party convention held on the 8th, Kim Jae-won, who was elected as a Supreme Council member, described the failure of all so-called 'Lee Jun-seok faction' candidates to enter the leadership as a "completely normal result."

On the 9th, Kim said on MBC's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' program, "They may have been quite encouraged, surrounded by a few cheering supporters when they gathered among themselves, but from my perspective, I have always thought they have about 15% support," he said.

Kim Jae-won, the newly appointed Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, is delivering his acceptance speech at the party's 3rd national convention held on the 8th at KINTEX in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Cheon Ha-ram, the Lee Jun-seok faction's candidate for party leader, ranked third with 14.98% of the vote in this convention. Kim said, "Candidates who get around 15% in any election can appear frequently, and they can gather about 15% just by collecting protest votes against the leading opponent," adding, "But that support cannot go beyond that or expand further, and mistaking it for significant support and believing that they hold the entire trend is a very wrong judgment."

This is interpreted as criticism of former leader Lee Jun-seok, who had expressed confidence on multiple radio broadcasts in the past that Cheon, whom he supports, would come in second and proceed to a runoff. Kim said, "Politics is a process of persuading oneself in a way that gains the sympathy of many people, sharing one's ideals with others, and putting them into practice," and added, "Lee and the four candidates following him did not try to gain sympathy from others but only fought, criticized, and attacked to achieve their goals," calling for change within the Lee Jun-seok faction.

Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, who declared he would not run in this convention, predicted on his social media on the 8th, "Over the past eight months, President Yoon Seok-youl has destroyed free and fair competition, ultimately turning the People Power Party into 'Yoon Seok-youl's private party' monopolized by one president," and warned, "From today, nomination threats will effectively begin, and it will be difficult to hear healthy competition and critical voices in a democratic party."

Regarding Yoo's criticism on social media, Kim said, "It seems to mean that his share has disappeared," and criticized, "Throughout the process from the impeachment crisis to today, Yoo's attitude has been evaluated by many as lacking affection for our party and only engaging in political activities to expand his own influence."

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