Jang Ye-chan: "I Want to Attend Early Morning Prayers for Jo Guk to Run"

Jang Ye-chan, the youngest supreme council member of the People Power Party, described the speculation about former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's candidacy as "something I deeply wish for." On the other hand, he expressed a "very negative" view regarding former Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs Woo Byung-woo's potential run.

On the 15th, during CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' Jang said, "I want to attend early morning prayers. I want Cho, the former minister, to run."

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When asked by the host whether Cho's candidacy would be advantageous for the People Power Party, he replied, "Absolutely advantageous," adding, "That's why even the Democratic Party is struggling to maintain their composure right now."

Jang explained, "If Cho appears, it will once again frame the narrative as 'double standards versus fairness.' There are all sorts of stories coming out from places like Yangsan in Gyeongnam and Sasang in Busan, and the members of parliament or candidates mentioned there are probably praying, saying, 'Please come to my constituency, please come to my constituency.'"

Regarding the speculation about former Senior Secretary Woo, who represented the Park Geun-hye administration, Jang said, "Regardless of personal likes or dislikes or evaluations of these individuals, the next general election should be about the future, led by the People Power Party and the Yoon Seok-yeol government. Do we really need to go back to the past?" He added, "Of course, it's not about rejecting all former government officials, but for symbolic figures, it might be more appropriate for them to remain as elders who advise on the difficulties they experienced and the areas that need improvement when they were key players in the government. That path might better suit historical and national development."

Regarding Cheon Ha-ram, the Suncheon-gap party committee chairman from the 'Lee Jun-seok faction,' who accompanied Kim Ki-hyun, the party leader, on his trip to Honam and said, "If you boil Yeonpotang too long, the octopus becomes tough," Jang responded, "He went willingly, so is it really necessary to add another line to the article with such remarks?" "There is also Kim Ga-ram, a newly appointed supreme council member who was born and raised in Gwangju and whose parents still live there, a kind of octopus, and there are many good octopuses in this Yeonpotang," he said.

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