Kim Jong-min: "Lee Jae-myung's Approval Vote Was Planned? It Was Keeping a Promise to the People"

"Not about nominations"
"Promise to Lee Jae-myung in June... Should not be seen as misconduct"

With the arrest motion against Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, being passed, claims of a 'planned vote by the pro-Lee faction' have emerged, but Kim Jong-min, a non-Lee faction member of the Democratic Party, denied this by saying, "I don't see it as a plan."

On the 22nd, Kim said on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' "Among the 30 who voted for the motion, there are probably various reasons. So, seeing it as a plan to do something to Leader Lee is not correct," adding, "If it were a plan, it would be a plan to keep the promise made to the people."

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Park Sung-jun, a pro-Lee spokesperson for the Democratic Party, previously claimed on SBS Radio that the arrest motion against Leader Lee was passed thanks to more than 30 dissenting votes within the party, calling it a "planned vote to strongly enforce their will."

However, Kim said, "We must not become a party that flips promises like turning over one's hand. Otherwise, we will lose the general election. If we continue as a shield party, we cannot win the general election. So, this was a plan to keep promises," adding, "This is a promise made to the people, and if we don't keep it, what will happen to this party? To address this concern, members exchanged opinions and acted together."

He denied that the votes in favor were cast out of concerns about nominations. Kim said, "The core issue is how to escape the public criticism and distrust of the Democratic Party as a shield party and fandom party," adding, "Lee is still the party leader, but if you criticize him or disagree with the leadership, you face disadvantages in nominations. They accept this risk. It is definitely not because of nominations."

Regarding the Supreme Council's reaction calling the favorable vote a 'misconduct,' he said, "This (the passage) is the content the party leader promised to the people in June. Then, at the party members' meeting, we resolved to do this. Can that become misconduct in less than two months?" adding, "The party leader promised the people, and we insisted on keeping the promise made by the resolution of the party members' meeting. That should not be seen as misconduct."

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