Inyohan's 'Naranim' Remark... Kim Woong Says "Quitting the Innovation Committee Is the Only Innovation"

"Reestablishing Relationship with the President, Innovation Committee's First Task"

Inyohan, chairman of the People Power Party Innovation Committee, was criticized by Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party, who said, "Quitting is the only innovation," in response to Inyohan's remark that "the president is the nation's ruler."

Kim Woong, Member of the People Power Party. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Earlier, on the 20th, Inyohan responded in an interview with Hankyoreh to the question, "One of the reasons for launching the Innovation Committee was to correct the vertical relationship between the party and the presidential office. Isn't there an expectation that the president should also change his governing style?" by saying, "Stop trying to put me above the president or above Representative Kim Ki-hyun."

He continued, "I learned knowledge, wisdom, and morality from the warmest spot of the ondol floor," and said, "(The president) is the Naranim (nation's ruler). The party leader is probably the next most important. Are you telling me to climb above those people and grab their topknots to boss them around?"

Regarding this, on the 21st, Representative Kim cited the results of a public opinion poll conducted by Media Tomato, a professional polling agency, commissioned by Newstomato, on his Facebook, pointing out, "Our people identified 'redefining the relationship with the president' as the first task the Innovation Committee should undertake," and "Even half of our party members agreed with that opinion."

Photo by Kim Woong, Member of the People Power Party, Facebook

Representative Kim said, "Chairman In demanded the sacrifice of Yoonhaekgwan (key associates of President Yoon Seok-yeol), but the reason Yoonhaekgwan became rampant is because of the vertical relationship between the party and the government," raising his voice, "If you deliberately ignore the most critical issue, that is not innovation but treachery."

He added, "If you insist that everything is fine without fixing what really needs to be fixed, how is that different from Anakki (raising children without medicine)? Isn't that truly hurting people's hearts?"

Meanwhile, this survey was conducted using wireless ARS (automatic response system) with virtual phone numbers (safe numbers). The sampling error is ±3.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The number of completed samples was 1,039, with a response rate of 6.5%. Weighting values were calculated based on gender, age, and region according to the resident registration population as of the end of June this year by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and cell weighting was applied. For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission.

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