Yoon Sang-hyun: "Lee Cheol-gyu's 'No Boarding' Remark Inappropriate... Lee Jun-seok Should Be Nominated"

"Comparing Concerns About the Party to a Ship Sinking Act"
"Need for Candidate Nomination Targeting the Capital Region, Centrists, and 2030 Generation"

Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the remark by Secretary-General Lee Cheol-gyu on the 21st that "passengers who sink the ship cannot board," saying it was inappropriate to compare concerns about the party to an act that sinks a ship.

In an interview with YTN Radio that day, Rep. Yoon said, "If the party ship goes wrong, runs aground, or sinks, the first to die are not the Yeongnam or Gangwon region lawmakers. Honestly, it would be lawmakers like me from the Seoul metropolitan area," expressing his view.

Yoon Sang-hyun, member of the People Power Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Rep. Yoon also pointed out, "Moreover, the remark 'cannot be allowed to board,' which evokes nomination issues, does not seem appropriate."

Regarding the 'Seoul metropolitan area crisis theory' in the general election, he emphasized, "To win in the metropolitan area, it is important to nominate candidates suitable for the metropolitan centrist voters and the 2030 generation."

On calls from some quarters for party leadership to run in the metropolitan area, he said, "It may show the party's will to win the general election, but it is a matter of leadership decision, not something we can demand," adding, "Even then, it does not necessarily create momentum."

Regarding whether to nominate former leader Lee Jun-seok, who is critical of the pro-Yoon faction, he replied, "Of course, it should be done." Rep. Yoon stressed, "We barely won last year's presidential election by 247,000 votes," and added, "We must proceed with a one-team spirit, and there should be no talk of excluding some and not others."

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