Hong Joon-pyo "Is it right to treat Lee Jun-seok so coldly... Politics is ruthless"

As the 'capital region crisis theory' rapidly gains traction within the People Power Party, opinions are emerging that former leader Lee Jun-seok should be embraced. Amid this, Hong Joon-pyo, a senior figure in the party and mayor of Daegu, hinted at the need for inclusion, saying, "Is it right to treat former leader Lee so coldly?"

On the 30th, Mayor Hong posted on his social media service (SNS), "Today is the day of the Chicken and Beer Festival. Former leader Lee said he would come to the festival, so I gladly told him to come," expressing his stance.

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He said, "Still, he was our party leader and the vanguard of regime change, so I wonder if it's right to treat him so coldly," adding, "He has his faults, but pushing him away and treating him coldly like that is a bit much. Politics is truly ruthless."

Mayor Hong did not explicitly mention who was responsible for the cold treatment, but his remarks are interpreted as targeting the party leadership.

Even shortly after receiving a 10-month suspension of party membership due to the 'flood golf' incident, he advised embracing former leader Lee through his SNS, saying, "I endured until the general election, so embrace both former leader Lee and former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min."

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