Lee Nak-yeon, former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is clapping his hands while attending the publication ceremony of former Ulsan City Council member Lee Mi-young held at the Ulsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the afternoon of the 8th./Yonhap News
Former leader Lee Nak-yeon, who announced that he would leave the Democratic Party and found a new party, said on the 8th about the current situation of the Democratic Party, “It has lost morality and diversity,” and “44% of Democratic Party members are ex-convicts.” Former representative Lee said in an interview with UBC Ulsan Broadcasting that day, “(The rate of ex-convicts) is much higher than that of other parties. “It has never been like this,” he said.
Former leader Lee criticized the collapse of democracy within the party, which served as the Democratic Party’s immune system. He said, “The Democratic Party experienced various difficulties, but because the immune system of democracy within the party (which guarantees diversity) worked, it overcame difficulties and found a new path.” He said, “That is now broken.” He also said, “Various voices within the party are being blocked,” and “It is a very serious pathological condition.”
Former Representative Lee announced on this day that he would hold a press conference to withdraw from the Democratic Party at the National Assembly on the 11th. Regarding the possibility of members of the ‘Principles and Common Sense’ group, which is demanding the resignation of Representative Lee Jae-myung from the Democratic Party, joining the new party in the future, former leader Lee said, “I plan to cooperate with the comrades of Principle and Common Sense, a group of innovative lawmakers.” Attending the publication ceremony of former Ulsan City Council vice-chair Lee Mi-young held at the Ulsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former CEO Lee said, “There will be a possibility of joining the new party” when asked about the possibility of principled and common sense lawmakers joining the new party. When asked if there would be any other members of the Democratic Party who would join the new party, he said, “There will be.”
Former Representative Lee has stated that he can also cooperate with former Representative Lee Jun-seok, who left the People Power Party. Former Representative Lee said, “We need to break the political structure of the two-party monopoly, which is as solid as an iron fortress, and open a gap,” and added, “It is natural for people who share the same ideas to cooperate.”
2024-01-08 13:32:00
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