Kim Jong-hyuk "Han Dong-hoon, the reason for silence... likely to demand Yoon to take responsibility"

"Asked about Myeongtaegyun Incident in Yongsan but No Response"

Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People Power Party, is expected to express his position on the recorded phone call between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Mr. Myeong Tae-gyun, while Kim Jong-hyuk, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, said, "It seems that the president will deliver a message that he must take responsibility and resolve the issue himself."

On the 4th, Kim appeared on SBS Radio's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show' and stated that despite Han not releasing any voice files or related messages regarding President Yoon and Mr. Myeong for several days, "As soon as the Myeong Tae-gyun incident broke out (a month ago), we asked Yongsan (the Presidential Office) to provide the details, but we received no response."

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He said, "When Leader Han met with the president, he asked, 'What happened with the Myeong Tae-gyun incident?' and the president's response was, 'That's nothing special, it's exaggerated,' as far as I know."

Kim also explained, "If the party speaks out, it could place a considerable burden on Yongsan," adding, "They remained silent because it could be perceived as pressure."

Regarding Chief Presidential Secretary Jeong Jin-seok's remark that there is "no problem" with the phone call between President Yoon and Mr. Myeong, Kim said, "The president does not prosecute criminally except for treason or foreign exchange crimes, which grants an enormous political privilege," and added, "Looking at the statements coming from Yongsan now, it feels like the president's high-level political duties are being simply equated to a legal position."

Kim stated, "In a way, this is about the ethical responsibility of politicians, but they seem to be trying to dismiss it by turning it into a legal statute of limitations issue," and said, "Claiming that there is no problem until March 9, 2022, because the president's term had not started, but that it becomes an issue from the 10th onward, disregards the high-level political responsibility bestowed upon the president, which the public will likely not accept."

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