Hong Joon-pyo: "The reason Yoon doesn't meet Lee Jae-myung is due to a misunderstanding about a 'deal'"

"Kim Jaewon and Tae Youngho Should Face Severe Disciplinary Action"

Hong Joon-pyo, the mayor of Daegu, explained that the reason President Yoon Seok-yeol does not meet Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is not due to 'lack of communication' but to avoid the misunderstanding that they are 'making a deal.' He also stated that severe disciplinary action against Kim Jae-won and Tae Young-ho, the Supreme Council members, is inevitable.

On the 3rd, through a post titled "Dangsang" on his social media (SNS), Mayor Hong said, "The reason the president does not meet Leader Lee is because he is a defendant indicted for a serious crime, and if the president meets with a suspect of a serious crime, it could be misunderstood as making a deal."

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Although President Yoon is criticized for 'lack of communication' for not meeting Leader Lee, Hong said, "It is definitely not a lack of communication," adding, "The fact that Floor Leader Park Kwang-on said he would meet shows the answer."

He also mentioned recent issues within the party, saying, "During the Supreme Council election, the multi-term members cowardly hid, and it became a feast for first-term, young, and new members, resulting in a leadership composed only of people with limited political capabilities," and "From the start, there was such a risk, but the crisis came too early."

He continued, "Following the Jeon Kwang-hoon incident and the recent nomination interference scandal, those two people who caused the party confusion with absurd internal strife seem to inevitably face severe disciplinary action, although there may be differences in degree." The 'two people' appear to refer to Supreme Council members Kim and Tae.

Regarding the recently passed Nursing Act in the National Assembly, he expressed that the president should exercise the veto power. He said, "Because it is a majority's outrage that unilaterally forces the opponent's submission without going through the usual parliamentary procedures," and added, "I believe exercising the president's right to request a reconsideration to normalize the situation is appropriate."

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