Hong Joon-pyo Targeting Kim Jong-in: "Can Rotten Water Blame the Flowing Water?"

Kim Jong-in "Na Kyung-won and Won Hee-ryong are figures of the past"

Regarding the role of senior figures such as former lawmaker Na Kyung-won and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong in the 'Capital Region Crisis Theory' within the People Power Party, political elder Kim Jong-in, former emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, directly criticized them as "figures of the past." In response, Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo fired back, saying, "Can rotten water blame flowing water?"

On the 30th, Mayor Hong posted on his social media, "Na-mo and Won-mo are flowing water," but added, "As water flows, it may encounter a bigger waterwheel, so can rotten water blame flowing water?"

Hong Jun-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, is giving a greeting at the JP Hope Camp closing ceremony held on the 8th at BNB Tower in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

Earlier, former emergency committee chairman Kim said on SBS's 'Pyeon Sang-wook's News Briefing' that they are "faces from the past," implying that former lawmaker Na and Minister Won would not play significant roles. However, Mayor Hong seems to have pointed out that while the two are flowing water, Kim himself is also "rotten water."

Last month, Mayor Hong also targeted Kim's remarks. In response to Kim's criticism, "Has there ever been a vice minister-level official like this since the founding of the nation?" Hong retorted, "Then has there ever been a Blue House economic chief secretary arrested for bribery since the founding of the nation?" This was a jab at Kim, who served as economic chief secretary during the Roh Tae-woo administration and was arrested in connection with the Donghwa Bank slush fund scandal.

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