Yoon Young-chan "Lee Nak-yeon-Lee Jae-myung Meeting? Trust Must Be Restored First"

"Devilization and Shincheonji Involvement Rumors Spread... Trust Recovery Not Easy"
"Only After Kim Hye-kyung's Corporate Card Scandal Did They Ask to Take the Election Committee Chair"

As attention focuses on the meeting between former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, who returned after a year of studying in the United States, and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, Yoon Young-chan, a Democratic Party lawmaker affiliated with the pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction, set a condition, saying, "First, trust between the two must be restored."

On the 30th, Yoon said on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' "there has been demonization of former leader Lee, and recently, rumors linking him to Shincheonji have been spreading rapidly. I want to say that it is really difficult to restore trust in this way."

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The pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction claims that the so-called Gaeddal (hardcore supporters of Lee Jae-myung) came first in demonizing Lee Nak-yeon. Recently, rumors linking former leader Lee to Shincheonji have spread mainly on party member bulletin boards, and Lee's side has announced legal action.

This is interpreted as meaning that trust restoration will be difficult unless the issue of the hardcore fandom is resolved. Yoon said, "If there is genuine trust and a determination to reform the Democratic Party again to judge the Yoon Suk-yeol government in next year's general election, there is no reason for former leader Lee not to help."

Regarding the 'Lee Nak-yeon presidential responsibility theory' emerging among Gaeddal supporters, Yoon said, "that part is quite absurd. After the 2021 primary between the two, I called Leader Lee and suggested, 'How about appointing former leader Lee as the standing election campaign committee chairman for chemical bonding?'" He added, "I was surprised by the response because he asked me back, 'What about Leader Song Young-gil?'" At that time, the standing election campaign committee chairman was former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil.

He said, "Then, after the year changed, the Kim Hye-kyung legal card incident broke out, and then there was a desperate request for former leader Lee to take on the standing election campaign committee chairman position," adding, "so former leader Lee might not have been able to accept it comfortably, but many people persuaded him, and in the end, he concluded that there was no choice if we wanted to win the presidential election, and he accepted it."

Yoon said, "When the results came out badly, absurd stories started to emerge that former leader Lee did not help," adding, "In every election in the world, there are main actors, but there is no talk about the responsibility of the main actors, and strange logic that the assistants must bear the responsibility began to spread."

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