Jung Sung-ho "Concerns about Nomination Massacre Stem from Distrust... Jo Jeong-sik is Fair and Amicable"

Democratic Party Lawmaker Jeong Seong-ho Interview on KBS Radio

Jeong Seong-ho, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, raised his voice against criticisms calling the party's general election planning team a "pro-Lee Jae-myung planning team," saying, "I absolutely cannot understand what 'pro-Lee Jae-myung' means or what the criteria are."

On the 2nd, Jeong appeared on KBS Radio's "Choi Kyung-young's Strong Current Affairs" and said, "There are ex officio members according to the party's constitution and regulations, and the team is composed by reflecting external figures, youth, and women, so it is hard to see it as having any particular color."

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, attended the National Defense Committee's Navy Headquarters audit held at the Navy Headquarters in Gyeryongdae, Chungnam on the 24th, preparing for the audit with Democratic Party lawmaker Jeong Seong-ho. Photo by Yonhap News

He continued, "I think it was composed smoothly," adding, "Also, the planning team does not have any special tasks. According to the official election schedule, they handle fundamental matters such as how to organize the entire party, how to strategize, and how to form policy and publicity teams."

Regarding concerns from the anti-Lee faction about "nomination massacres" after Cho Jeong-sik, a pro-Lee figure, was appointed as the general election planning team leader and secretary-general, Jeong said, "These concerns arise from distrust toward Representative Lee Jae-myung, but in fact, there is no one within the party as fair and smooth as Secretary-General Cho Jeong-sik," and added, "With only five months left until the general election and considering that the party leader's health is not very good, the secretary-general must practically support the entire party affairs and the general election. Who would you appoint if you replaced him?"

Regarding the so-called "assassin nomination theory," which claims that pro-Lee politicians outside the National Assembly are being placed in constituencies held by the anti-Lee faction, Jeong said, "Naturally, those who want to run are close to Representative Lee Jae-myung and are pro-Lee, so they have no choice but to be labeled as such," adding, "But calling that an assassin nomination or saying that they will be disadvantaged in nominations makes no sense at all. The Democratic Party has a clear system established in its constitution and regulations, so it is impossible to deviate from that."

Furthermore, regarding factional conflicts between the pro-Lee and anti-Lee groups, Jeong said, "Anti-Lee faction members within the party have a great distrust of the representative, but putting that aside for now, it is more necessary to focus on managing constituencies and pointing out the regressive behaviors of the Yoon Seok-youl government," adding, "That is the process of gathering support from party members, and in that regard, the leadership should make more active efforts to embrace anti-Lee faction members and try to extinguish the sparks of conflict."

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