Kim Kyung-yul: "Lee Cheol-gyu, the person I want to nominate is not on the proportional representation list"

Kim Kyung-yul, an emergency committee member of the People Power Party, said on the 20th that when a complaint post by Rep. Lee Cheol-gyu regarding the proportional representation nomination of the People’s Future came out, it could be summarized as “Why is the person I want to plant not on the proportional representation list?”

Kim Kyung-yul, Emergency Response Committee Member of the People Power Party.
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On the same day, Kim appeared on SBS Radio’s 'Kim Tae-hyun’s Political Show' and explained that Rep. Lee Cheol-gyu, a key figure of the ‘Pro-Yoon’ faction, publicly criticized through Facebook right after the announcement of the People’s Future proportional representation list, saying “Honam figures were excluded from the proportional representation and emergency committee members were included.” Kim said, “Rep. Lee’s lengthy Facebook post needs translation.”

He said, “Regarding the Honam proportional representation, specific names circulated, and there were talks that three people named A, B, and C had already been selected.” He added, “From the perspective of those who took this for granted, they could be very surprised and feel resistance to this proportional representation list announcement.” He continued, “There are clearly people referred to as the so-called Honam TO. I don’t know how far or how to define Honam origin, but there are no party rules or regulations about that.”

Regarding the reaction to Rep. Lee’s criticism and People Power Party emergency committee chairman Han Dong-hoon’s emphasis that “there is no secret nomination” during the nomination process, Kim interpreted, “Chairman Han means ‘I will not intervene, so no one else should intervene either.’”

Meanwhile, Kim also commented on President Yoon Suk-yeol’s acceptance of Hwang Sang-moo, the senior secretary for civil society at the presidential office, resigning, saying, “In four-character idiom terms, it is ‘mansijitan’ (too late but welcome), but if such a measure was taken and accepted even now, it is truly a welcome event.”

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