‘Whether or not Yu and Myeong are close’ truth battle
The President’s Office announced on the 8th that President Yoon Seok-yeol met Myung Tae-gyun, a key figure in the 2021 first lady Kim Kun-hee’s ‘suspicion of interference in nominations’, for the first time at his home (Acrovista) in Seocho-dong, Seoul through New Reform Party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok. However, Rep. Lee directly refutes this, showing signs of a battle over the truth. Han Dong-hoon, CEO of the People Power Party, said, “Public distrust in the political world in general is growing due to incidents related to Mr. Myeong, who appears to have acted as a political broker,” and added, “Overcoming this old-fashioned politics is the start of politics for the people.”
The President’s Office said in a media announcement that day, “A high-ranking People Power Party official who visited the President’s home in early July 2021 after starting politics but before joining the People Power Party brought Mr. Myeong with him and saw him for the first time.” “A People Power Party politician who visited brought Mr. Myeong and had a second meeting with him,” he said. He added, “The reason the president met the two politicians at their homes at the time was because they requested security,” and added, “Mr. Myeong did not come to the home because he had a separate relationship with the president.” An official from the Presidential Office said, “The high-ranking party official was referring to Rep. Lee.”
On the other hand, Rep. Lee refuted the Dong-A Ilbo, calling it “nonsense.” Rep. Lee revealed the text message Myung had sent to him and asked, “Lee Jun-seok introduced Mr. Myeong to (then) President Yoon Seok-yeol. Does Mr. Myeong ask Lee Jun-seok to apologize to President Yoon?” In this message, Mr. Myung said to Rep. Lee, “Representative. It contains statements such as “You can call President Yoon at 8 a.m. tomorrow” and “I have offended many people so please apologize.” Rep. Lee said that Mr. Myung arranged the third meeting between him and President Yoon just before President Yoon joined the party in July 2021, and that President Yoon called Mr. Myung, who was present at the meeting, “Dr. Myung.”
Rep. Lee also said to the President’s Office, “Mr. Myung’s role in the process of promoting unification with candidate Ahn Cheol-soo in the last presidential election has been confirmed by the testimony of Candidate Ahn’s campaign chairman Choi Jin-seok,” and “Mr. Myung has “Let’s not play around when we know full well which party requested such a thing,” he said. The idea is that Mr. Myung played a role at the request of President Yoon, as he was openly opposed to unification.
The President’s Office said on this day, “A People Power Party politician who saw Mr. Myeong visit the President’s local campaign rally near the end of the (presidential election) primary advised him to keep his distance from Mr. Myeong, and the President later stated that he had never exchanged text messages or spoken on the phone with Mr. Myeong. “I remember,” he said. President Yoon was elected as the People Power Party’s presidential candidate on November 5, 2021. The President’s Office also said, “At the time, President Yoon was receiving advice on the presidential election from people with a lot of political experience, and there was no reason to listen to advice from someone who did not know what he was doing.” However, the President’s Office did not mention whether Mrs. Kim contacted Mr. Myeong afterward.
Reporter Hwang Hyeong-jun [email protected]
Reporter Lee Sang-heon [email protected]
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2024-10-09 05:08:28