Pro-Government Leader Jeong Seong-ho: "Chu Mi-ae's Moves Also Burdensome for Lee Jae-myung's Side"

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae revealed that her resignation was demanded by former President Moon Jae-in and former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, leading to analysis that she might be aligning herself with Representative Lee Jae-myung. In this context, Jeong Seong-ho, a pro-Lee (친명, Chin-myeong) leader and Democratic Party lawmaker, stated that Representative Lee also finds her actions burdensome.

On the 5th, during SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' when asked by the host whether Choo's actions are burdensome to Representative Lee's side, Jeong responded, "Of course it would be burdensome. How could it not be?"

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Last month, Choo revealed on OhmyTV that former President Moon pressured her to resign, and on the 3rd, she stated on KBS radio that former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon pressured her to step down for the sake of the by-elections. This led to analysis within the ruling party that Choo might be aligning herself with Representative Lee's faction.

However, Jeong dismissed such analysis. He said, "No, how could she be aligning herself with Representative Lee when she is attacking the former president and the then party leader Lee Nak-yeon? Even if she wanted to align herself, it would be more burdensome, and she probably couldn't do so."

He also pointed out that Choo's remarks harm party unity. He said, "The most important thing right now is party unity. We need to go beyond the so-called pro-Moon and anti-Moon, pro-Lee and anti-Lee factions and unite for victory in the general election. Constantly digging into the past is not desirable."

When asked about the background of Choo's remarks, he said, "I don't really understand why she would say such things in this situation. From the Democratic Party's perspective, there are many discussions that the failure of prosecutorial reform is the cause of the Yoon Seok-youl administration turning into a 'prosecutor's republic.' There may be regrets about that, but for her to talk about various issues related to her resignation as a cabinet member at that time is not good for party unity."

Regarding the earlier statement by Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Young-chan, a pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction member, who said, "I requested Representative Lee Jae-myung to make extensive use of candidate Lee Nak-yeon right after the primary, but was rejected," Jeong said, "Isn't that saying that the request to make extensive use of former Representative Lee was rejected? I don't really understand what that means. If that's the case, does it imply that because he was not used extensively at that time, former Representative Lee did not or could not play a role in the presidential election? I don't think so."

He added, "Former Representative Lee also played many roles by touring the country after the candidate was decided. I think even talking about this is undesirable."

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