Ha Tae-kyung: "The President Will Have a Headache... The Phase of Dismantling Yoon Core Group"

People Power Party Lawmaker, MBC Radio Interview
"Innovation Committee's Tough District Candidacy Theory is President Yoon's Directive"

Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, claimed on the 14th that "Yunhaekgwan (key associates of President Yoon Seok-yeol) have practically reached the stage of disappearing."

On the same day, Ha appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and said, "One of the demands from former leader Lee Jun-seok is to eliminate the so-called Yunhaekgwan, but they are practically disappearing."

Regarding the party's Yunhaekgwan and senior members not accepting the Innovation Committee's demand to run in difficult constituencies, he said, "The president must be having a headache," and added, "The majority opinion within the party is that the Innovation Committee's demand for senior members to run in difficult constituencies is actually the president's order."

Ha Tae-kyung, member of the People Power Party. [Image source=Yonhap News]

He continued, "Rep. Lee Yong, who served as the president's chief of staff, said he would not run if the party demands it. He is the only lawmaker who responded positively to the Innovation Committee," and asserted, "Our party can only understand that as the president's message."

Recently, Rep. Jang Je-won, classified as a core pro-Yoon Seok-yeol faction within the party, expressed refusal to the call for senior members to retire by saying, "I will not go to Seoul while extending my meager political career." Earlier, on the 8th, Rep. Joo Ho-young also strongly criticized the proposal to run in difficult constituencies, stating, "If you started politics in Daegu, you should finish in Daegu."

He added, "The government's policy priorities have changed drastically. Not only policies but also personnel and relations with the party are key points to watch, and I expect changes," and said, "Former leader Lee Jun-seok also said that if the president changes, there would be no justification to form a new party, so with the president changing, Lee may also judge that 'it would be difficult to form a party.'"

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