Criticism of Sindang... Son Hye-won Says "Seeing People Running Wild, This Is the Way"

Son Hye-won Supporting Kim Nam-guk, Planning New Party
Responding to Political Criticism: "This Is Their Achilles' Heel"

Former lawmaker Son Hye-won, who mentioned the possibility of 'founding a new party' to save Rep. Kim Nam-guk?who left the Democratic Party of Korea amid suspicions of holding billions worth of coins?lash out at political criticism surrounding her remarks, saying they are "running around wildly." She also expressed her determination to establish a new party, saying, "This might be their Achilles' heel."

On the night of the 16th, Son appeared on a live broadcast on her YouTube channel 'Son Hye-won TV' and said, "Seeing them run around wildly, I think, 'Hey, this must be a path.' On the other hand, if this didn’t bother them, why would they be so frantic?"

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On the 14th, Son revealed on her YouTube channel her plan to either run as an independent in Honam to save Rep. Kim or to establish a proportional representation new party with about 20 members. However, the political circles are more inclined to interpret this as a statement to rally supporters rather than a serious plan.

Cheon Ha-ram, former chairman of the People Power Party’s Suncheon Gap branch in Jeonnam, criticized on KBS's 'Choi Kyung-young's Strong Current Affairs,' saying, "Son is blindly following (Kim’s remarks), claiming to be righteous, saying she will create a proportional party to make a lawmaker, and is using this as a strategy to rally the hardcore supporters." Park Won-seok, former policy committee chair of the Justice Party, also dismissed it on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' saying, "It’s just a message aimed at the 'Gaeddal'?the hardline supporters."

Kim Jong-in, former emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, also criticized Son’s defense of Rep. Kim on CBS's 'Park Jae-hong’s One-on-One Battle,' saying, "It’s wrong to assume that the public is that foolish."

However, Son said, "If this were really a trivial matter, why would they be so frantic? What they are really misunderstanding is that I have made up my mind to (found a new party), and just because they are frantic doesn’t mean I won’t do it."

She added, "I think we should at least create a new party to comfort our supporters who have been hurt like this. When I say 'new party,' there’s an uproar, but I’ve already been heavily preempted by the media last time, so I don’t even blink." This appears to refer to the intense media scrutiny she faced in the past over the 'Mokpo speculation' controversy.

Meanwhile, on the 17th, Son live-streamed the 'Mokpo Najeonchilgi Museum Artifact Collection Donation Ceremony' on 'Son Hye-won TV' YouTube channel. The event commemorated her donation of 233 pieces of modern and contemporary Najeonchilgi collections, as well as nine plots of land and buildings, to Mokpo City. Current Democratic Party lawmakers including Jeong Cheong-rae and Kim Won-i also attended the ceremony.

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