So Su-jin: "The Lee Jun-seok faction storm never even existed"

"Only Gained Recognition Through Internal Criticism"
"Eom Seok-dae is Lee Jun-seok"

Cho Su-jin, a Supreme Council member elected as part of the leadership at the People Power Party's national convention, criticized the 'Lee Jun-seok faction' candidates, who were considered to have caused a 'storm' in the cut-off but all failed to enter the leadership, saying, "They never actually caused a storm."

On the 9th, Cho said on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' "(The Lee Jun-seok faction) repeatedly engaged in internal backbiting, which increased their recognition. However, it is very difficult to see that as any kind of wind or storm."

So Su-jin, the newly appointed Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, is delivering an 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@

The candidates supported by former leader Lee Jun-seok?Cheon Ha-ram, Heo Eun-ah, Kim Yong-tae, and Lee Gi-in?all survived the cut-off and caused a stir but failed to enter the leadership. Cho said, "Throughout the entire convention period, they only engaged in internal backbiting, and even if they try to dress that up as party democracy or conviction, the party members do not accept it," adding, "They made a clear distinction."

She did not hold back criticism of former leader Lee, who supported them. In particular, she called Lee's comparison of President Yoon Seok-youl to the villain Eom Seok-dae from the novel Our Twisted Hero just before the vote a "bad strategy." Cho said, "It is hard to even consider it a strategy, but even if you forcibly dress it up as one, it is a very bad strategy," adding, "In a way, Eom Seok-dae was actually Lee Jun-seok himself."

She continued, "Look at (Lee Jun-seok's) time as party leader. People expected the 'Lee Jun-seok phenomenon' and elected a group of 30-somethings with no prior political experience, but he mistakenly took that as absolute support for himself and wielded power arbitrarily," adding, "He passed all party positions and agreements without any consultation, and just before the June 1 local elections, he tried to forcibly appoint a few of his close aides as party district chiefs. Although he ultimately failed, that was Eom Seok-dae."

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