Yoon Young-chan: "Lower 10% Lawmaker Evaluation Planned to Oust Byeong-gye Faction"

Bottom 10% Evaluation of Opposition Party Hyun-yeok Lawmaker
Fairness Controversy Spreads

Yoon Young-chan, former Blue House Chief of National Communication, is holding a press conference on the 15th at the National Assembly to announce his joining of the Democratic Party of Korea. Former Chief Yoon stated that he will run for the Seongnam Jungwon-gu election in next year's general election. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers Yoon Young-chan and Park Yong-jin, who were rated among the 'bottom 10% of incumbent lawmakers' by the party's nomination management committee, strongly opposed the committee's evaluation during their radio appearances on the 21st, calling it the 'completion of (Lee Jae-myung's) factionalization.'

On the same day, Representative Yoon appeared on 'SBS Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show' and directly criticized the evaluation result as the 'completion of factionalization.' Yoon stated, "The subjective evaluation ratio is quite high, and the composition of the nomination committee members evaluating this is entirely pro-Lee Jae-myung. The lawmakers who received the bottom 10% evaluation are all known to be anti-Lee." He added, "It can only be seen as a thoroughly planned effort with the intention of ousting the anti-Lee faction."

Regarding Lee Jae-myung's mention on SNS the previous day that 'innovative nominations are an unavoidable, literally skinning painful process,' Yoon countered, "In the painful process of nominations, the responsible mainstream of the party makes sacrifices." He said, "Talking about the pain of nominations while ousting the anti-Lee faction without sacrificing the mainstream shows a significant lack of empathy."

Representative Park Yong-jin also appeared on 'CBS Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "Due to the controversy over factional nominations and factionalization, the Democratic Party is in chaos and disarray, but no one is taking responsibility." He added, "Among the Seoul Democratic Party winners in the last general election, I had the highest vote share," and said, "(Yet I was rated in the bottom 10%) because Park Yong-jin's political activities have continuously clashed with the party's mainstream." He said, "Now the remaining choices are whether to accept the primary with hands and feet tied or to leave the party, but I have decided to accept all penalties and proceed with the primary."

Park Yong-jin, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate, holds a press conference on preventing factionalism at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 8th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Meanwhile, lawmakers who fall into the 'bottom 10% of incumbent lawmakers' category by the Democratic Party's nomination committee have 30% of their primary votes deducted. Being included in this group causes such a significant blow that recovery in the primary is difficult, effectively functioning as a cutoff (nomination exclusion) rule. As of the previous day, three Democratic Party lawmakers, including Park Yong-jin, Yoon Young-chan, and Kim Young-joo, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, have publicly stated they were notified of being in the bottom 20% in the incumbent evaluation. All three are considered part of the anti-Lee faction. Representative Park ran in the last presidential primary and party leadership primary, criticizing Lee Jae-myung. Representative Yoon is a former Blue House Chief of Public Communication under the Moon Jae-in administration, and Deputy Speaker Kim served as the first Minister of Employment and Labor under the Moon administration.

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