Sung Il-jong "Lee Jae-myung should have kept his promise... Defeated by the opposition's orthodox faction"

Seong Il-jong, People Power Party Lawmaker, CBS Radio Interview
"There Was Talk That Over 30 Opposition Members Would Approve"

Regarding the approval of the arrest consent bill for Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, Seong Il-jong, a member of the People Power Party, said it was an expected outcome and stated, "A significant number of Democratic Party lawmakers already know well about the criminal facts of Leader Lee Jae-myung."

On the 22nd, Seong appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "There were quite a few people deeply contemplating the party's direction."

He continued, "Also, yesterday morning and the day before, there were many talks within the Democratic Party that more than 30 members should approve it," adding, "So I quite thought this would be approved."

Park Kwang-on, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and others showed somber expressions on the 21st at the National Assembly plenary session as the arrest motion for Representative Lee Jae-myung was passed. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Regarding the voting result, Seong said, "This is a personal corruption case of Leader Lee Jae-myung and an incident reported by the Democratic Party," and added, "However, the Democratic Party tried to create a political breakthrough with frames such as political retaliation, political prosecution, and elimination of political opponents, but yesterday it was suppressed by the orthodox faction within the Democratic Party."

He further said, "Back when we were the opposition party, the pro-Park and non-Park factions fought fiercely, but even then there was an orthodox faction," and added, "If you are confident, shouldn't you keep the promises you made? Because those were not kept, the orthodox faction of the Democratic Party suppressed it by approving this time."

Regarding Lee's indefinite hunger strike, he criticized, "He should just go, give up his immunity from arrest, and undergo the warrant hearing," and said, "But why lie down, why go on a hunger strike? This is an unacceptable act of destroying the rule of law."

Seong predicted that internal strife within the Democratic Party would continue due to this approval. He said, "Since various internal regulations of the Democratic Party have been firmly established under the pro-Lee Jae-myung system, considerable conflict is expected between the orthodox faction and the pro-Lee faction within the Democratic Party," and added, "With the general election approaching soon, it seems unlikely that the pro-Lee faction will easily give up party leadership to maintain their power."

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