Jinseongjun: "There Are Forces Trying to Drag Former President Moon into the Political Arena"

Democratic Party Lawmaker, YTN Radio Interview
"Is Ha Tae-kyung Keeping a Straw in the Prosecution? Wishful Thinking"

Democratic Party lawmaker Jin Seong-jun stated on the 9th in an interview with YTN Radio's 'News King Park Ji-hoon' that reports claiming that Democratic Party lawmakers from the Blue House would discuss countermeasures for public sentiment in the Seoul metropolitan area at former President Moon Jae-in's residence in Yangsan, Gyeongnam at the end of August are "completely untrue."

Jin said, "There is a Telegram chat room where lawmakers from the Blue House gather and talk with each other, and many lawmakers want to meet former President Moon Jae-in," adding, "There was an opinion that if anyone was going, it would be good to go together, so we just discussed when would be a good time in the Telegram chat room."

Jin explained, "There was an opinion that our lawmakers should gather once to have an in-depth discussion about public sentiment in the Seoul metropolitan area. So, we said it was a good idea and that we should prepare for it, but it is absolutely not true that we said we would meet former President Moon Jae-in and discuss it together on the spot."

Jinseongjun, Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on March 29, 2022, delivering opening remarks. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

In particular, Jin said, "I don't know how the fact that lawmakers freely talk in the Telegram chat room was distorted and leaked outside contrary to the truth. I think it is undesirable," adding, "President Moon Jae-in has no intention of being involved in real politics at all and wants to live quietly as a private citizen. It seems there are forces trying to drag such a person into the political arena."

Jin added, "He has no intention of being involved in real politics and wants to live quietly as a private citizen," and said, "Unless he participates in politics by his own judgment and decision, it is undesirable to deliberately try to drag former President Moon into the political arena."

Meanwhile, regarding People Power Party lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung's speculation about the arrest of party leader Lee Jae-myung, Jin dismissed it, saying, "Does Ha Tae-kyung have some kind of straw to the prosecution? If he is not receiving confidential investigation information from the prosecution, I don't know on what basis he makes such speculation. It seems like a personal wish."

Jin said, "Aren't the People Power Party lawmakers the ones who perform rituals to have Lee Jae-myung arrested? But on the other hand, they say that if Lee Jae-myung disappears, their party will be at a disadvantage in elections," adding, "They say that if Lee Jae-myung disappears, they will be disadvantaged in elections, so I don't understand why they are pushing 'forced investigations' and 'forced political offensives' because they can't arrest Lee Jae-myung. Isn't that contradictory?"

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