Hong Joon-pyo: "No Reason to Sharpen Claws Against Yoon Until End of Term"

"Too Old to Be a Frontline Striker"
"Only Hope Yoon Does Well"

Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo responded to evaluations that he had shown his 'claws' toward President Yoon Suk-yeol by saying, "There will be no reason to sharpen my claws against President Yoon until the end of his term," adding, "I only hope he does well."

In a post on Facebook on the 14th, Mayor Hong stated, "First of all, I respect the president regardless of party affiliation because the people have chosen him."

Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Mayor Hong said, "I do not refrain from confronting because I cannot win," adding, "However, I have always fought against unjust power since my days as a prosecutor. I was a sniper against DJ and also against Roh Moo-hyun."

However, he explained, "I have become too old to be a frontline striker. After my third term, I realized that fighting is not everything, and I thought I should become a statesman, not a politician. Now, I believe it is time to transcend factionalism, embrace both left and right, and play a role in harmony and unification."

He added, "However, I will not tolerate junior members within the party who recklessly confront me without reason."

He went on to say that he will not sharpen his claws against President Yoon until the end of his term, stating, "Because he is a president produced by our party, and the success of the Yoon administration is necessary for the possibility of recreating the next administration."

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