Lee Jun-seok: "Geum Tae-seop, a third party breaking factional politics? Very grandiose and clich?d"

"Justice Party? I draw the line... There is no Justice Party of Roh Hoe-chan now"
"These days, Justice Party members just chase events"

Former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop, who is leading a new third-party movement, is pushing for a "proper third party that breaks the camp politics," while former leader Lee Jun-seok, who recently met with him for discussions, evaluated it as "seemingly correct but very grandiose and clich?d."

On the 13th, former leader Lee responded to a question from the host on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show' regarding this, saying, "Isn't this the same thing that people who said they would form a third party have said so far?"

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Former lawmaker Geum said that "if it is a new party as an alternative to the People Power Party, it would be difficult to work together, but if it goes beyond that and aims to break the camp politics properly as a third party, then we can work together," but from former leader Lee's perspective, this is just a clich?d statement.

Former leader Lee said, "More important than that goal is the detail," adding, "As I said earlier, the concept of the party depends on the capability to do something that goes beyond parties like the People’s Party or the Open Democratic Party, which I also dislike."

When asked whether a consensus was formed with former lawmaker Geum, he gave a reserved response, saying, "Geum is known as a very smart person, but regarding this direction, if I were to form a new party this time, I wanted to work with people who can communicate well."

He said, "First of all, Geum is logical and I recognize that he is someone with whom reasonable conversations can be had," but "what we need to consider is that most of the people acting strangely in the People Power Party are not stupid, but they act that way because their hearts are misguided."

This implies that although former lawmaker Geum is logical, it is necessary to carefully judge whether communication is possible. He said, "Among those making strange remarks in the People Power Party, there are former civil service exam passers and former bar exam passers, all of whom are very well-educated, but many of them say strange things," adding, "I think this needs to be carefully judged."

Regarding the possibility of working with Justice Party politicians like former lawmaker Park Won-seok or current lawmaker Ryu Ho-jeong, former leader Lee said, "Of course, there is a possibility, but I draw a line there," adding, "The time when I had a positive image of the Justice Party was during the era of lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan."

He continued, "Now, the Justice Party of Roh Hoe-chan no longer exists. The Justice Party that dealt with labor and human rights agendas was quite interesting and admirable," adding, "Nowadays, the Justice Party seems like people chasing events. But I will not form an alliance with such a Justice Party."

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