Ahn Gwi-ryeong: "Lee Jae-myung over Cha Eun-woo? Han Dong-hoon turns variety shows into documentaries"

"Instead of Arguing, Focus on People's Livelihood"

Han Dong-hoon, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea by saying, "Only sycophants who flatter that Representative Lee Jae-myung is more handsome than actor Cha Eun-woo survive in the Democratic Party." In response, Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the full-time deputy spokesperson of the Democratic Party, retorted, "Chairman Han seems to have mistaken entertainment shows for documentaries."

Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the full-time deputy spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea, appeared on a YouTube channel last year and was asked who her ideal type in terms of appearance was between actor Cha Eun-woo and Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party. She chose Lee. Photo by Gigutgigut on YouTube

On the 26th, Deputy Spokesperson Ahn told reporters at the National Assembly, "It would be better if the ruling party’s emergency committee chairman paid a little more attention to the people and their livelihoods rather than getting caught up in verbal fights."

Earlier, Chairman Han criticized the Democratic Party’s nomination process after Ahn, who has no local ties, was strategically nominated to run in Seoul Dobong-gap, where incumbent Democratic Party lawmaker In Jae-geun decided not to run.

Chairman Han said, "I respect personal preferences, but if anyone among the People Power Party candidates says they are better than Cha Eun-woo, they will never be nominated by our party," adding, "The Democratic Party under Representative Lee has become a jungle where only sycophants who pick the representative’s nose or flatter him by saying he is more handsome than Cha Eun-woo survive."

This remark was interpreted as mocking Deputy Spokesperson Ahn’s appearance on a YouTube channel last year, where she was asked to choose between Representative Lee and actor-singer Cha Eun-woo in an 'ideal appearance World Cup' and answered 'Lee Jae-myung.'

Meanwhile, Seoul Dobong-gap is a constituency where the late Kim Geun-tae, former chairman of the Uri Party, was consecutively elected in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 general elections. After Kim’s passing in 2011, his spouse, lawmaker In Jae-geun, was consecutively elected in 2012, 2016, and 2020, achieving three terms.

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