2024-04-26 10:03:45
On the 25th, People Power Party Seoul Dongjak-elect Na Kyung-won refuted the expression ‘age (Na Kyung-won and Lee Cheol-gyu) solidarity’ by saying, “I don’t think this is right.”
In an interview with CBS Radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ that day, President-elect Na said, “The story is being told in light of the Kim Jang (Kim Ki-hyun and Jang Je-won) coalition, but at that time, former representative Kim Ki-hyun had very low approval ratings.”
Recently, in the ruling party, as Rep. Lee Cheol-gyu of the pro-Yoon (pro-Yoon Seok-yeol) party has emerged as a candidate for floor leader, there are rumors of a ‘party leader Na Kyung-won and floor leader Lee Cheol-gyu’ alliance. There were also reports that President Yoon and President-elect Na met through the mediation of Rep. Lee.
President-elect Na said, “I have communicated with (President Yoon) since he was elected.” However, when asked, “Did Rep. Lee arrange for communication?” he said, “I don’t think that part is necessarily correct. There are too many speculations right now.”
He said, “I have never thought that I should become the party leader,” but added, “However, I am really thinking about what the party should do in the future.”
President-elect Na said, “The expression ‘solidarity’ is talked about in light of the old ‘Kimjang (Kim Ki-hyun, Jang Je-won) solidarity,’ but at that time, former leader Kim Ki-hyun had very low approval ratings,” and “only then did they join forces and elect one person as party leader.” “It must have been meaningful, so I don’t think this is the case.”
At the time of last year’s national convention, President-elect Na’s approval rating was ahead of former representative Kim’s, so he countered that the expression ‘age solidarity’ compared to ‘Kimjang solidarity’ was inappropriate.
President-elect Na also mentioned an incident last year in which first-term lawmakers held a protest demanding that they not run at the national convention. He said, “Last year, I had not completely decided to run for party leader, but my truth was so distorted,” and “It was unfortunate that I was attacked within my own party.”
He continued, “If you only hang out with people who haven’t signed the petition, you won’t have many people to play with. At that time, all but about 12 people signed,” he said.
President-elect Na said, “Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, came to our region seven times, and eight times if we include Dongjak. Representative Cho Kuk of the Fatherland Innovation Party also came twice,” and added, “I ran the election with the mindset that Representative Lee was the opposing candidate.”
He said, “Shouldn’t we also consider whether the majority party should unconditionally be the Speaker of the National Assembly?” and mentioned cases in the past where the ruling party served as the Speaker of the National Assembly during the ruling and opposition parties.
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2024-04-26 10:03:45