Despite Requests to Refrain, Ahn Cheol-soo's Bold Words... "If We Lift a Blank Sheet Together Now, It Will Tear"

Appearance on YouTube Show Maebul Show, Discussing Political Issues
Continuing to Speak Out Despite Calls for Restraint Within the Opposition Party

Former President Moon Jae-in and former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon have denied former Minister Chu Mi-ae's claim that they demanded the resignation of the Minister of Justice, but as concerns over factional conflicts within the opposition grew, opposition figures collectively called for restraint. Nevertheless, former Minister Chu continued her outspoken remarks on the 5th.

Through social networking services (SNS), she criticized the leadership's response to the separate collection of KBS license fees and pointed out issues with the meeting between former leader Lee Nak-yeon and current leader Lee Jae-myung.

On the 5th, on the YouTube broadcast 'Maebul Show,' former Minister Chu said, "Leader Lee says, 'Even a blank sheet of paper is easier to carry together,' but if the directions are different when carrying the blank sheet together, it tears," adding, "If we carry it together in the current state, the blank sheet will tear."

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Leader Lee had previously urged a quick meeting regarding former leader Lee Nak-yeon's return, saying, "Even a blank sheet of paper is easier to carry together." However, former Minister Chu believes that because the directions of former leader Lee and current leader Lee differ, even if they meet, it will be difficult to achieve significant results or it will cause discord.

She said, "If you ask for votes again while having no plan, only vaguely managing the status quo and approval ratings, who will give you votes?" and added, "Our democracy in the Republic of Korea is a high-energy democracy, but the political groups that accept this are unqualified, incompetent, and lack will." The criticism of "only managing the status quo and approval ratings" was also made by former Minister Chu when she criticized former leader Lee Nak-yeon's return in the past.

Regarding former President Moon, she revealed, "He said it was 'unbearable to look at' the prosecutors in his autobiography, so I thought he was on my side and that if there was manipulation in the middle and I met him directly to talk, he would say, 'Fulfill your duty.' But when I actually met him, he said, 'You have been a party leader, so you know the party's position very well,' and I had nothing to say." She reiterated the claim that former President Moon urged her to resign by referring to "the party's position."

When the host asked, "With this statement, the serious misconduct of then Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl is forgotten, and everyone only remembers former President Moon's resignation order. Isn't this a wrong political judgment?" she responded, "You should not view it as a political judgment from a certain faction of the Democratic Party; it should be viewed from the perspective of the candlelight intelligence," adding, "The candlelight citizens are trapped in the square. It's like a hardline support group."

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She continued, "The Democratic Party thinks that since the Yoon government is so incompetent, incapable, and lacks vision, if the people suffer, the Democratic Party will naturally win in five years," and criticized the party's response by saying, "So they even hand over the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the People Power Party. They think it's better to let all the bad laws pass and let the people suffer the pain, rather than holding the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and being accused of legislative dictatorship, believing the people will vote for the Democratic Party."

On the same day, former Minister Chu also criticized the leadership on her SNS, saying, "If you get trapped in a self-frame, you are misunderstood as a party that whimsically changes without backbone," and added, "In the past, the Democratic Party, which advocated for separate collection of KBS license fees due to the loss of publicness as KBS became a regime mouthpiece broadcaster, now supports KBS, which refuses the pressure from the 'prosecutor-police regime' to become a regime mouthpiece and insists on publicness, and adopts integrated collection of license fees as party policy. Why is this a double standard and hypocrisy? I just can't understand it."

Her mention of the "self-frame" seems to be in response to media reports that the Democratic Party decided not to oppose the separate collection of KBS license fees as party policy at a closed supreme council meeting on the 3rd. Former Minister Chu emphasized, "This is not a temptation to side with the opposition but consistency in protecting publicness and freedom of the press is key."

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