2023-12-19 18:20:52
Representative Lee Jae-myung is awarding the party representative’s special adviser appointment certificate to Jeong Eui-chan at a special assistant meeting held privately on August 16, 2023. / Jeong Eui-chan’s Facebook
On the 19th, the Democratic National Innovation Council, a pro-party organization of the Democratic Party of Korea, protested on the 19th regarding the recent reversal of the nomination eligibility decision of special adviser Chung Eui-chan due to the controversy over the torture of a civilian to death, saying, “Double standards are being imposed on political newcomers.” This organization is co-represented by Lee Jae-myeong, special adviser to the party leader, Kang-won. Committee member Kang and Eui-chan Jeong were key executives of Hanchongryun, which led the student movement in the 1990s.
They mentioned the real name and corruption controversy of lawmakers from the 1986 movement, including Lee Kwang-jae, Ki Dong-min, and Song Gap-seok, and said, “Active lawmakers get a free pass.” Ahead of nominations for next year’s general election, an interpretation was made that there was a direct conflict between the Jeon Daehyup generation of the 80s and the Hanchongryun group of the 90s. An opposition official said, “The Hanchongryun group took the Chung Eui-chan incident as an opportunity to send a challenge to the senior generation, telling them to ‘give up their positions now.’”
In a commentary, the group said, “Special Advisor Jeong Eui-chan neither ordered the torture to death nor was present at the scene,” adding, “Nevertheless, he bore the burden of the prosecution’s coercive investigation and the responsibility of the student representative at the time. He said, “President Kim Dae-jung took these circumstances into consideration and restored Special Advisor Jeong’s honor and rights through pardon and restoration.” Special Advisor Jeong was found guilty in court of torture to death, but he did not admit it.
Hong Ik-pyo (left), floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is lost in thought at the party’s floor plan meeting held at the National Assembly on the 19th. On this day, a head-on clash took place in the Democratic Party between the 80s Jeon Daehyup activist generation and the 90s Hanchongryun activist group. /yunhap news
They said, “Then how will we verify the active members of the National Assembly who were punished for robbery or arson during the democratization movement?” Many of the 86 activists were directly targeting the history of being convicted of robbery or arson during pro-democracy protests in the 1980s. Democratic Party lawmaker Jeong Cheong-rae was prosecuted on charges of arson during a sit-in protest at the U.S. embassy in 1989. During his activist days, Rep. Lee Hak-young broke into the house of a conglomerate chairman to raise funds for a revolution and committed robbery and causing injury.
The National Innovation Council for the Democratic Party mentioned the real name of former Gangwon Province Governor Lee Kwang-jae, who recently resigned from his position as Secretary-General of the National Assembly and is considering running in the general election next year, saying, “He was sentenced to prison for bribery and President Moon Jae-in granted a special pardon,” adding, “In this case, the right to pardon is also limited.” “Are we going to ignore the constitutional right to validity and judge it as ineligible?” The Supreme Court found former Governor Lee guilty in 2011 on charges of receiving $95,000 in illegal political funds from former Taekwang Industry Chairman Park Yeon-cha and others. He was granted a special pardon in 2019.
The group also said, “Rep. Ki Dong-min, who admitted receiving an expensive suit, and Rep. Song Gap-seok, who is suspected of selling local council member nominations, were judged eligible by the verification committee without any sanctions.” Rep. Ki is being tried on suspicion of lobbying by Kim Bong-hyun. Rep. Song objected, saying, “I have never been in the business of nominations, and this is nothing more than a one-sided claim.” The Democratic National Innovation Council seemed to be aware of this and distributed a revised version a few hours later that removed the real names of the two lawmakers.
Attendees are shouting slogans at the first national conference of the Democratic Party National Innovation Conference held at the National Assembly on the 20th. /yunhap news
Lee Gwang-jae, Ki Dong-min, and Song Gap-seok are all students from the 1980s. A Democratic Party official said, “The Hanchongryun group mentioned the morality of the Jeon Daehyup generation and said, ‘You guys are taking all the good positions, so why can’t we?’” After the announcement of the commentary by the Democratic National Innovation Conference, there was a considerable stir within the party. Some in the party also raised voices such as “There is no political morals” and “Legal action must be taken.”
Kang Wi-won and Jeong Eui-chan, who were born in 1973 and are of the same age, were the presidents of Hanchongryon and Namchongryon (Gwangju-Jeonnam Student Council Association), respectively, in 1997. Mr. Jeong, who was also the student council president at Chosun University, was found guilty in 1997 for his involvement in the ‘Lee Jong-kwon torture death case’. Mr. Kang Wi-won took office as chairman of Hanchongryun immediately following the Lee Seok death incident. The Jeon Daehyup generation entered the central political world in large numbers following the impeachment general election in 2004, and gained experience in the Moon Jae-in administration’s cabinet, establishing themselves as a large mainstream member of the opposition party.
However, those from Hanchongryun, who had a stronger Juche faction than the Chundaehyup and were even ruled by the Supreme Court as a transfer group (in 1998), did not stand out in the political world. A Democratic Party official said, “They are fierce because they have been in a cold and hungry place for a long time.” The fact that former members of the Hanchongryon claimed to be ‘pro-life guards’ through the Democratic Innovation Conference and elsewhere and threatened to “end their political lives” if the motion for the arrest of CEO Lee Jae-myeong was passed was interpreted as an aim to bring regarding a “generational change in the movement” in next year’s general election. .
Graphics = Kim Seong-gyu
However, as past fatal incidents hindered the ability of Hanchongryun members to enter the National Assembly, they declared an ‘all-out war’ once morest the former Daehyup generation. New Choice Spokesperson Kwak Dae-jung, who served as the president of the Chonnam National University student council in 1999, said of this movement, “From a political perspective, it would be right to go to a place like the Progressive Party, but the path to being elected to the National Assembly from the Progressive Party is unclear, so I chose the ‘sure’ path of the Democratic Party.”
Meanwhile, it was revealed that non-members of the Democratic Party of Korea who were preparing to run for pro-Myeong group constituencies were found to be ineligible one following another in the party’s preliminary candidate screening. The parties claimed, “We were judged ineligible for reasons that are difficult to understand,” and “This is the beginning of a massacre of nominations once morest the non-myeong faction and pro-Lee Nak connections.”
The Democratic Party’s Public Election Candidate Verification Committee ruled that former Siheung Mayor Kim Yun-sik, who recently applied to register as a preliminary candidate, was ineligible. Former Mayor Kim is preparing to run for Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, the constituency of Secretary-General Jo Jung-sik. During the last general election, when the Democratic Party nominated Secretary General Cho for Siheung-eul, former Mayor Kim filed an application for a temporary injunction with the court, but it was rejected, which was judged to be ‘disobedience to the primary’. Former Mayor Kim held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 19th and protested, saying, “Secretary General Cho committed the atrocity of using his position as Secretary General to eliminate competitors.”
Former Goyang Mayor Choi Seong, who served as deputy head of Lee Nak-yeon’s camp during the last presidential primary, also applied as a preliminary candidate for Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, the constituency of Rep. Han Jun-ho, but was judged ineligible. The reason is that he did not respond to any party-government consultations when he was mayor of Goyang. Former Dongjak-gu mayor Lee Chang-woo, a pro-Moon faction who was preparing to run for Dongjak-gap, Seoul, constituency of Rep. Kim Byeong-gi, who served as senior vice-general and chairman of the verification committee, was reportedly found to be ineligible for similar reasons. Former Mayor Choi said, “Those who committed crimes such as drunk driving were also judged eligible,” and added, “We excluded strong competitors who served as local government heads from the qualification review.”
☞Jeondaehyup, Hanchongryun
National University Student Representative Council: Formed in 1987 as the backbone of student activism in the 1980s. The 1st to 4th chairmen, including Lee In-young, Oh Young-sik, Lim Jong-seok, and Song Gap-seok, are all former and current National Assembly members of the Democratic Party of Korea. Students born in the 1980s and born in the 1960s are also called the 86 generation. They entered politics in large numbers during the 2004 general election held immediately following the impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun, and established themselves as a major part of the current opposition party.
Korea University Student Council Association: Launched in 1993 as the successor to the Korean University Student Council. The majority are students born in the 1990s or 1970s. There was a strong tendency to follow North Korea’s Juche ideology, and the Supreme Court defined Hanchongryon as a subversive organization in 1998. He was evaluated as having accelerated the downfall of the student movement by causing the deaths of Lee Seok and Lee Jong-kwon in 1997. Unlike the Chundaehyup, there has yet to be a former chairman of the Korea Chongryun who has advanced to the National Assembly.
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