“I’m in this position: do you want to (just) drink milk, or do you want to get beaten up and drink milk?”
People Power Party Innovation Committee Chairman In Yo-han made this statement on the 13th and urged a decision targeting the pro-Yoon (pro-Yoon Seok-yeol) core, the party leadership, and senior figures in Yeongnam. Chairman In requested not to run in next year’s general election and to run in a rough area in the metropolitan area, but when Rep. Jang Je-won, a key pro-Yoon member, objected, saying, “I will not go to Seoul while prolonging my quiet political life,” it is interpreted that he increased the level of his expression targeting Rep. Jang. Although it has been 11 days since Chairman In requested a decision on the 3rd, there has been no public movement in response from the party.
Chairman In said on MBC radio that day, “There are people who are going backwards,” and “There are people saying that they will just quietly run for office in their constituencies. “It’s not very good,” he said. When asked whether Rep. Jang, who held a large-scale mountain climbing club event, is also included as a regressive person, Chairman In said, “I still don’t quite understand what that action is,” indicating that his remarks were directed at Rep. Jang. . At the same time, when asked, ‘Is Rep. Jang included in the list of candidates who will not run and can run in difficult areas?’, he answered, “I think he will make a good decision.”
Chairman In said to the party leadership, “Because it was a recommendation, (the Supreme Committee) did not accept it because they did not submit an innovation plan,” but added, “But they should not refrain from (not running for office or running in a difficult district).” He added, “I am not the kind of person who will listen to anyone and retreat or do anything like that.”
On the other hand, Rep. Jang is sticking to his intention to run for office in Busan. At the founding ceremony of his outlying organization, Yeowon Mountaineering Club, held in Hamyang, Gyeongsangnam-do on the 11th, Rep. Jang said, “(I am) told to go to Seoul,” and “I will not go to Seoul while prolonging my meager political career.” At the same time, he seemed to be targeting Chairman In’s ‘downstream of the Nakdong River’ remark, saying, “I will devote the rest of my life to creating the central ‘ideology’ of the Nakdong River era.” One attendee said, “It sounded like they were going to protect the Busan ideology until the end.”
Meanwhile, controversy arose on this day when it was revealed that Chairman In had hired Lee Seong-heon, the son of the head of Seodaemun-gu District Office in Seoul, a member of the People’s Power Party, as head of the executive office. As Chairman In is mentioned as a candidate to run for Seodaemun Gap, Seoul in next year’s general election, some interpretations have been made that he may be preparing to run next year. Chairman In was asked about running for Seodaemun Gap on JTBC that day and said, “No. “I put it all down,” he replied.
Reporter Jo Kwon-hyung buzz@donga.com
2023-11-13 13:25:00
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