Kim Jong-in to In Yo-han: "What if the patient doesn't take the medicine?"

In Yohan, Chairman of the People Power Innovation Committee, Meets Kim Jong-in on the 7th
In: "Kim pointed out that the patient must take medicine"
Kim: "The patient is People Power... Final influence is Yongsan"

Former People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in advised Innovation Committee Chairman In Yo-han during a meeting on the 7th, saying, "The prescription was very good, but the patient actually has to take the medicine," In Chairman conveyed.

After a 40-minute meeting at Kim’s office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, In Chairman told reporters, "(Kim Jong-in) praised me, asking if I was a doctor," adding, "The prescription was very well made, but what will you do if the patient doesn’t take the medicine? The medicine must be taken. The cotton must actually be drawn out," he said.

In Chairman, a former doctor at Severance Hospital, used the term 'prescription' as a metaphor for his 'innovation plan,' indicating a positive evaluation of the plan itself but pointing out the party’s internal situation where it is reluctant to accept it. In Chairman said about Kim’s advice, "It was a good remark. I agreed and said I would keep it in mind," he added.

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After the meeting, Kim told reporters, "The patient is the People Power Party," emphasizing, "I think there is still a misunderstanding about what the voters’ sentiment was in the recent Gangseo-gu by-election results."

He also criticized the party’s lack of response to the Innovation Committee’s recommendation that President Yoon Suk-yeol’s close aides and party leadership either not run or run in difficult constituencies. Kim said, "Several innovation plans were made, but we have to consider their feasibility, and there is almost no reaction from the party," adding, "For example, there is no response about whether the relevant lawmakers will comply or not."

He also expressed that for the People Power Party to 'take the medicine,' there must be changes in the Yongsan Presidential Office. Kim explained, "In fact, the problem can only be solved if influence is ultimately exercised from Yongsan. If there is no reaction from there, the party is just people looking up at the top; how can there be change?"

Meanwhile, Kim said he did not discuss former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok during the meeting but mentioned the success factors of the 'Lee Jun-seok New Party.' Kim said, "Whether it succeeds depends on how the people judge it," adding, "If the general public truly decides that this time is the moment to change the political landscape of our country, then it will succeed."

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