Lee Jun-seok "Han Dong-hoon is pitiful... eager to act like a mini-president"

"Claims to be successor of personal coup forces"
"Desperately trying to act as a pseudo-president out of the blue"

Lee Jun-seok, a member of the Reform New Party, criticized Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People Power Party, saying he is trying to act like a "small president." The photo shows Lee raising both hands toward the People Power Party members during a plenary session held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, announced that he would work with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to promote the orderly resignation of President Yoon Suk-yeol, while Lee Jun-seok, a member of the Reform New Party, criticized Han, saying he is trying to act as a "small president."

On the 8th, Lee posted on his Facebook, "This loyalist coup is at a level worse than Yevgeny Prigozhin, regardless of right or wrong." Yevgeny Prigozhin is the head of the Russian private military company Wagner Group, who led an armed rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin in June last year but was suppressed within a day. After founding the Wagner Group and expanding its power, he claimed to be a close aide to President Putin but later rebelled due to dissatisfaction with the Russian military and died under mysterious circumstances.

Lee added, "I still don't know why they tried to stage a coup," and criticized related figures including President Yoon, who declared martial law, and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, saying, "The plan itself was so poorly executed it was pathetic, and even after failing, they were floundering over their own positions." He then directly targeted Han, saying, "It is even more pitiful to see someone who suddenly wants to act as a small president and is desperate to be the successor of a figure worse than Prigozhin." He concluded, "The moment the people feel that even impeachment is a luxury, the position of the coup forces will further diminish."

Lee Jun-seok, a member of the Reform New Party, criticized Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People Power Party, saying he is "trying to act like a small president." Lee Jun-seok Facebook

On the 7th, ahead of the vote on the impeachment motion against President Yoon, Lee urged, "If we do not use the impeachment system against a president who attempted a rebellion by mobilizing the military and police, then against what kind of constitutional violation or crime should it be used?" He called on the People Power Party to "responsibly participate in the vote as a member of the legislature." However, during the impeachment vote held in the National Assembly on the 7th, only 195 out of 300 members (including 3 from the People Power Party) participated, and the motion was automatically dismissed due to a lack of the required quorum of 200 votes.

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