Democratic Party in Crisis: Factional Conflict and Lukewarm Response to Congressman Kim

2023-05-15 11:19:09

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The Democratic Party emphasized the policy of “continuing investigation” on Congressman Kim as the first clause of the resolution following a six-hour general meeting yesterday.

However, at this meeting, criticism was poured out that the leadership’s lukewarm response had aggravated the situation, and there were even signs of factional conflict, such as a demand to ask for the re-confidence of CEO Lee Jae-myung.

Reporter Park Yoon-soo reports.

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The faces of the party leaders following the six-hour general meeting were heavy.

Although the Reform Assembly was put forward as the name, the remarks at the meeting were mainly criticism of Congressman Kim.

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″I thought that saying, “I will file a complaint with the Special Committee on Ethics of the National Assembly” would come up as the first item of yesterday’s resolution, but it wasn’t there. It is a story that can even expel a member of the National Assembly.″

The party’s lukewarm response and belated response to Rep. Kim Nam-guk also became a target of criticism.

The leadership of the Democratic Party took the first action only five days following Congressman Kim’s ‘suspicion of coin speculation’ continued to surface.

The party representative’s order to inspect ethics came following the allegation that Congressman Kim had traded coins during a Judiciary Committee meeting.

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″Even some of the top members came forward and said that Congressman Nam-guk Kim is a very poor person and a clean person.”

Lee Jae-myung’s accountability theory also appeared as more than 30 lawmakers grabbed the microphone and a severe sense of crisis spread to the extent that some lawmakers spoke for the first time in three years.

At a closed-door meeting, Rep. Seol Hoon of the “pro-Lee-Nak connection” directly mentioned Lee’s resignation, and another first-time lawmaker argued that ″Lee should be re-recognized.”

At the leadership meeting, there was also a remark that the Democratic Party’s appearance was ‘Narrow Nambul’ in the face of Representative Lee.

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″(Democratic Party) I think we need to reflect on whether it is not a party that only has hypocrisy and a sense of choice.″

On the other hand, the ‘pro-Lee Jae-myung-gye’ lawmakers confront the lawmakers who insisted on ‘re-confidence in Lee’, saying, “What have you done so far?” Do you want to fight?”

In the Democratic Party, which had two defections due to suspicion of money envelopes at the convention, another defection and followingmath are bringing regarding factional conflicts that have been quiet.

This is Park Yun-soo from MBC News.

Video coverage: Seo Hyeon-kwon / Video editing: Lee Jeong-geun

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