“Supreme Council Member Tae Yong-ho faces punishment for controversial remarks on presidential office’s nomination intervention”

On the 3rd, Kim Ki-hyun, representative of People’s Power, asked the party’s Central Ethics Committee to judge the recorded remarks of Supreme Commissioner Tae Young-ho along with the existing Jeju 4 3 distorted remarks. It seems that he is trying to prevent a scandal by punishing Tae, the highest member of the supreme council, who caused controversy in the presidential office’s nomination intervention. Supreme Commissioner Tae denied that the context of his remarks was distorted due to fake news, saying, “I will not give in to the political offensive caused by illegal recordings.” On this day, Representative Kim Ki-hyun said, “Regarding the remarks of Supreme Council Member Tae, stories that are not confirmed or are different from the facts are being reported through the media.” We asked for a judgment on the matter,” said senior spokesperson Kang Min-guk. On the 1st, Tae’s voice recording was released, saying that Lee Jin-bok, senior secretary for political affairs in the presidential office, made a request to make a statement in support of Korea-Japan relations and mentioned the issue of nomination. Representative Kim was reluctant to comment on the previous day, saying, “Isn’t it said that he (Tae Supreme Commissioner) exaggerated?” When asked by reporters, “Has the position changed?” CEO Kim said, “Nothing has changed. I thought that it was necessary to grasp the exact facts and evaluate the fact that the exaggerated expression as if he had actually said something that (Lee Jin-bok) did not say, caused unnecessary misunderstanding and put a considerable burden on him.” Tae Choi, along with Supreme Commissioner Kim Jae-won, who made remarks such as “Jeju 4·3 was triggered by North Korea’s Kim Il-sung’s instructions” and “JMS Democratic Party” remarks such as “Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon unifies the world with the right-wing camp,” were subject to disciplinary action by the party’s ethics committee. Inside the party, there is a prospect that it will be difficult for Tae’s top member to avoid severe punishment, at least a suspension of party membership. As CEO Kim said, the ‘nomination’ remarks are due to the “significant burden” placed on the Yongsan Presidential Office. Previously, Supreme Council member Tae criticized the fact that CEO Kim requested support from Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon of Sarang Jeil Church during the party convention, saying, “I didn’t beg in a strict place.” Rep. Han Jung-jin said, “It should be seen that CEO Kim, who felt a sense of crisis, demanded heavy punishment. He said, “If the suspension of party membership is issued, it will be difficult to be nominated.” A lawmaker from the Yeongnam region said, “As the controversy over ‘voice recording’ erupted, it seems difficult to avoid the heavy punishment of suspension of party membership.” Discipline for the power of the people includes △warning △suspension of party membership △request to leave the party △exemption. If Tae is given a severe punishment of ‘suspension of party membership for more than one year’, he cannot be nominated for the next April general election. If Supreme Council member Kim Jae-won is also treated the same, Kim Ki-hyeon-ho will suffer the blow of leaving two of the five elected members within two months of his inauguration. The Ethics Committee will decide on the disciplinary action at the second meeting on the 8th. In the midst of this, Supreme Commissioner Tae held a press conference that day and said, “Kill Tae Young-ho through fake news,” and said that his remarks were distorted. He said, “The essence of the case is that someone leaked the remarks with impure intentions to reassure the aides who are worried about the nomination (general election) even though they were elected to the supreme council member.” ” he said. “I have a historical mission to bring down the hereditary dictatorship of Kim Jong-un and achieve peaceful unification,” he said. “I will never give in to killing Thae Yong-ho.” Reporter Son Hyun-soo boysoo@hani.co.kr