Hong Joon-pyo: "A certain Busan lawmaker is two-faced"

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, who has been openly critical of his party day after day, responded to internal party voices criticizing him by saying, "It is unsightly to extend one's political life by clinging to whoever is in power, like a certain member of the National Assembly from Busan."

On the 12th, Mayor Hong stated on his social media (SNS), "I still cannot forget those wicked people who, like rats on a sinking ship, betrayed our party on the brink of collapse after the impeachment and cast curses upon our party."

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Although he did not reveal who the 'certain member of the National Assembly from Busan' was, this is interpreted as a response to discomfort within the party over that member's recent criticism of the party and the presidential office during a meeting with Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. He has previously 'anonymously targeted' party members.

Mayor Hong said, "Since the so-called era of the three Kims?YS, DJ, and JP?political factions united by loyalty and conviction have disappeared from the Korean political scene, leaving only hyena-like cliques that follow power like moths to a flame, pursuing only their own interests. If you are a party official, work for the party. If you act for the benefit of individual party power holders, you will fall together the moment that power holder loses power."

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