Jae-Ok Yoon Emerges as Central Figure in People’s Power Party Reformation Talks

Jae-Ok Yoon, standing adviser of a meeting after lunch for elected officials for the first time Advisory group: “A party that only looks at the president cannot be allowed… We have to talk directly” Yes the emergency committee centered around Jae-Ok Yoon… Discussed at the general meeting of the selected candidates on the 22nd

Yoon Jae-ok, the leader of the People’s Power Party, met with the party’s standing advisory group on the 17th to discuss solutions after the heavy loss in the April 10 general election. Councilors poured out bitter criticism, highlighting President Yoon Seok-yeol’s image of ‘no communication’ and the ruling party’s incompetence.

It is said that there was no disagreement that stage director Yoon Jae-ok should be at the center of the interim leadership preparing for the next national convention.

Floor Leader Yoon met with reporters after a meeting of standing councilors at a Chinese restaurant in Yeouido, Seoul, this afternoon and said, “Since the councilors have political experience, they talked about the reasons for the election results and public opinion in the city, and we took care of these issues.

Regarding the statement by Chung Eui-hwa, chairman of the standing advisory group, that President Yoon and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, should meet, floor leader Yoon said, “There was no specific discussion there about this,” but he added, “However, there is a need for cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties to run the affairs of the state smoothly. He said, “I will carefully study what needs to be done to achieve cooperation. ”

On this day, the stable councilors blamed the government for the hard case in the general election and criticized President Yoon’s way of running state affairs and the party’s response.

The reason is to say that the President’s administration of state affairs was correct, but the process of persuading the opposition party and the public was not enough. It was widely criticized that the ruling party was dragged into the office of the president without being able to break away from the direct party-government relationship.

Before that, Chairman Chung Eui-hwa of the standing advisory group said in his opening remarks, “Our party should not be a party that just looks at the president,” and advised , “I hope we will be a party that speaks openly. when he thinks it is necessary.”

President Chung said, “Personally, I believe that the president’s lack of communication and the public’s judgment of the party’s incompetence are the reason for this terrible loss, and he said, “Wasn’t the late judgment and the president’s self-righteousness, revealed in the legislative conflict, adversely affect the votes at the last minute “I think personally,” said e.

He said, “The concern that the government will be removed has increased significantly,” and “I think the president must definitely change and the party must be more capable.”

Former lawmaker Yoo Jun-sang said, “This administration has held emergency committee meetings three times. “This should no longer be the case, and I want us to hold an early national convention and see a new leadership that will give people confidence,” he said.

Former lawmaker Yoo Heung-soo left his seat at the meeting and said, “This election is ultimately a judgment on the regime. “The general public did not like the administration style of the government (President Yoon) very much,” he said. , and of course you have to cooperate with the opposition party. ” he said.

This morning, former Minister of SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun and former Director of the Korea Democracy Institute Yang Jeong-cheol were mentioned as Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, respectively, saying, “Because they are still in office in the Democratic Party, it means that if they do, it must be on the basis of a coalition government, but Yongsan may say, “Although it was rejected, that would not be revised method.”

At the same time, “Wouldn’t it be nice to have a former politician’s chief of staff who can give the president political criticism and advice without stopping? He said, “The prime minister must also be approved by the opposition party, so we must find a very good and excellent person who will not be opposed by the public.”

Former lawmaker Nao-yeon also met with reporters after the meeting and said, “I want the president to be more humble and try to pay more attention to public opinion .” “The party should have proposed such a thing to the government so that it is not implemented, but we could not do that,” he said.

Former lawmaker Na said, “People who were harmed by the government, like Lee Jun-seok and Na Kyung-won, received a lot of support. “Isn’t that the nature of the people of our country?” he said “The sympathy for the weak is very strong, and I think that can be seen in the election. “

He also said, “(President Yoon and Representative Lee Jae-myung) must meet,” and “The leader of the opposition party, which has more than a majority of seats, even though he is a legal risk of being found not guilty until proven guilty, so we need to talk to him.”

It is said that the mainstream opinion of the standing advisory group is that the future leadership system should be based on floor leader Yoon.

However, regarding the general meeting of the elected candidates on the 22nd, floor director Yoon said, “It is not at the stage (of accepting the chairman of the emergency committee),” and added, “We cannot hold a general meeting immediately. regarding the party’s dissolution plan, so if necessary, we will hold another general meeting on the 22nd, and if necessary, we will hold a general meeting on that day.” “If it’s not enough, I’ll do it again,” he said.

Attending the meeting on this day were 16 standing councilors, including Chairman Chung, Floor Leader Yoon, Chief of Staff Lee In-seon, and Chief Speaker and Floor Speaker Jeong Hee-yong. Two hours earlier, floor leader Yoon had lunched with the district’s elected officials for the first time and discussed ways to fix the party.

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