People’s Strength Rep. Lee Yong-ho argued that even if he had an opportunity to run for the national convention, he would be ignored by the people and party members because former president Lee Jun-seok was acting like ‘let’s die together’.
Rep. Lee Yong-ho (Imsilsunchang, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do), the only member of the People’s Power in the Honam district, talked regarding the situation in which the party chaos such as non-captain and non-captain continues on KBS radio ‘Jin-Woo Joo Live’ on the night of the 8th, “(Lee’s) Ethics Committee It started with disciplinary action,” he said. “It will be embarrassing, but there are reasons attributable to me, so I have to accept it.
He continued, “CEO Lee Jun-seok has become too far away for you to be close to. It seems that the situation has gone too far.” He said, “It’s a bit late (to reconcile) because there is a lot of emotional and distrust accumulating and a lot of hurt with words.” I thought it would be difficult to go back.
“Politics is ultimately regarding winning or losing by the people’s judgment,” Lee said. Until the next general election, which is regarding a year and six months away, Chairman Lee Jun-seok will continue to pursue his own political career in order to live as a politician, and the party will defend itself as it is.” predicted.
When the host asked, “Isn’t there a possibility that former Chairman Lee Jun-seok will come back to the National Convention and become the party leader?” Rep. Lee replied, “The problem is that Chairman Lee Jun-seok has been suspended from his party membership for six months. If there is no further extension of such a party suspension or anything else, he is a possibility.”
The disciplinary action once morest former CEO Lee will be lifted on January 9, next year. If the national convention is held following that, and if it receives support from the people and party members, there is a possibility that he will regain the party power.
However, Rep. Lee said, “If we go to such extremes like now, will we be able to win public or party sentiment, and it is not easy to do so with the political attitude that we should die together like now?”
On the other hand, regarding the timing of the national convention, Rep. Lee said, “It seems that lawmakers think it is the end of the year or the beginning of the year at the earliest,” and said that it is likely to be held in December or early January.
(Seoul = News 1)
