The division among the Democratic Party’s leadership is intensifying over the so-called ‘unscrupulous’ nomination. As floor leader Hong Ik-pyo’s mediation attempt ended in failure, Supreme Council member Ko Min-jung, the only non-conspirator or pro-literate member of the party leadership, began boycotting the highest ranks starting on the 26th. Although non-affiliated lawmakers who were virtually excluded or disadvantaged in nominations announced their withdrawal from the party, Representative Lee Jae-myung said, “It was a reasonable decision (based on the system).”
Supreme Council member Koh did not attend the party’s on-site Supreme Committee meeting held at the Incheon City Party of the Democratic Party in Namdong-gu, Incheon this morning. Although Supreme Commissioner Goh did not directly reveal the reason for his absence, it is known that he decided to not attend the Supreme Council for the time being following the emergency Supreme Council meeting held at the company late the night before.
The day before, at the highest level late at night, Supreme Council member Goh and floor leader Hong expressed the opinion that it was inappropriate for pro-Myung faction Gangwon Provincial Party Chairman Kim Woo-young to run for Eulpyeong-gu, Seoul, the constituency of non-Myung faction lawmaker Kang Byeong-won (re-elected), but this was not accepted by Representative Lee and the pro-Myung leadership. It is reported that Previously, the Democratic Party’s Nomination Management Committee decided on a primary between Chairman Kim and Rep. Kang, and Rep. Kang’s application for retrial was dismissed. The pro-Myung leadership said, “The highest level does not have the right to vote on matters decided by the Embassy and Reexamination Committee,” but they also did not accept the request to “at least put on hold controversial nomination cases.”
It is known that the nomination of Lim Jong-seok, former chief of staff to President Moon Jae-in, who emerged as a catalyst for the conflict over nominations between pro- and non-pro-name candidates, was not even discussed at the late-night meeting. It is said that there was no discussion on the issue of non-affiliated lawmakers being concentrated in the bottom 20% of the lawmakers’ evaluation, or the suspicion that a company related to Representative Lee attempted to conduct a primary election poll. Supreme Council member Goh said on the radio that day, “The issue of the bottom 20% and the issue of distrust in public opinion polls (in primary elections) must be clearly resolved so that the players running for the Democratic Party will do their best.” He added, “I see many situations where the threads are tangled, and it is time to resolve them.” “There wasn’t much,” he said.
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On the other hand, Representative Lee and the pro-Myung faction maintained the position that nominations were made according to a system and that non-Myung factions were not artificially excluded. Representative Lee told reporters after the late-night Supreme Council, “The various committees are making reasonable decisions,” and added, “I hope those who are discouraged or cannot participate in the primary understand that it is inevitable.” Rather, he hinted at pushing ahead with the primary by appointing Rep. Park Beom-gye to replace the chairman of the party’s election management committee, where Rep. Jeong Pil-mo resigned midway.
Non-member lawmakers went beyond the problem of a large number of non-members being included in the bottom 20% of lawmakers who receive a 20-30% cut in primary elections, and pointed out that most pro-Myung figures received singular nominations. Rep. Song Gap-seok (re-elected, Gwangju Seogap), who was in the bottom 10-20% and was disadvantaged by a 20% production cut, said on the radio, “Out of the 51 people who received a single nomination, only 6 are not leadership party officials,” and added, “We are leaning. “It’s not just a lost playground, it’s a completely turned upside down playground.” Regarding the evaluation of lawmakers, he said, “Members who neglected the bulletproof National Assembly (such as voting against the motion to arrest Representative Lee) received good scores, and those who did not received bad scores.”
Representative Seol-Hoon (5th term, Bucheon-eul, Gyeonggi-do), who is in the bottom 10% and is disadvantaged by a 30% production cut, mentioned the possibility of running as an independent or New Future candidate after leaving the party. Rep. Seol said, “Out of the 51 candidates nominated, only Rep. Yoon Geon-yeong is non-representative, and the remaining non-representative members are all in the primary,” adding, “If the number is reduced by 30%, no one will pass the primary.”
There is even talk among non-member lawmakers that more than five active members may withdraw from the party within this week. There is talk that not only Rep. Park Young-soon (Daejeon Daedeok, first elected), who will be disadvantaged by the production cut, but also congressmen who are not at a disadvantage in the primary because she is not in the bottom 20%, are considering leaving the party.
☞Non-mysterious death
A word taken from the phrase “non-life, death,” which means dying without being able to live as one should due to an unexpected accident. As it became known that a number of non-Myeong (non-Lee Jae-myeong) lawmakers were included in the bottom ranks of the Democratic Party’s evaluation of lawmakers, criticism arose that the nomination was made to kill the non-Jae-myeong faction.
2024-02-26 18:30:00
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