On the 26th, a message exchanged by Kwon Seong-dong, acting leader of the People’s Power Party and floor leader, with President Yoon Seok-yeol was released, causing a stir in the political arena.
Acting Kwon said, “The contents of the messages I exchanged with President Yoon were exposed to the media due to my carelessness,” and regarding two hours later, “I am sorry for causing concern to my party members and the people, regardless of the reason.”
Acting Kwon said on his Facebook on the same day, “It’s totally my fault.”
Regarding the expression of Lee Jun-seok as ‘the party leader who used to shoot internally,’ he said, “I think that (President Yoon) used an expression that some people talked regarding to convey his gratitude while comforting me, who worked hard for the original organization by acting as the acting representative of the party. will be,” he explained.
This is because (President Yoon) has been with him for a long time during the presidential election, and he has never expressed any discomfort toward party leader Lee Jun-seok,” he added.
President Yoon said to Acting Kwon at 11:19 a.m. that day, “Our party is doing well too. After sending a message saying, “You have to keep doing this,” at 11:40, a message was sent saying, “It has changed since the party leader changed from internal shooting.” At 11:55, Acting Kwon replied, “I will show the unity of the party by following the president’s will.”
It was following 4 PM that Acting Kwon opened this text message.
Acting Kwon explained it was negligence, but he must have known that the National Assembly reporters had a long political career.
At 4:13 pm, when the photo was taken, Acting Kwon entered the text message field and said, “With Kang Ki-hoon… ” he wrote the message. Accordingly, interest was also focused on who Ki-hoon Kang, who appeared in the message, was.
Ki-Hoon Kang, born in 1980, is known as the person who led the founding of the ‘Dawn of Freedom Party’, an alternative right-wing party in 2019. He is close to Acting Kwon, and it is said that he gave advice on youth policy in the last presidential election.
On the website of the Liberty Dawn Party, it is introduced as the first free-right party in Korea.
There is a person named Kang Ki-hoon in the Executive Office of the Planning Secretary of the Hyundai Presidential Office, but it has not been confirmed whether it is the same as Kang Ki-hoon, which Acting Kwon wrote on Telegram.
Criticism of the ruling and opposition parties poured in for the unexpected disclosure of Yoon Shim.
Although President Yoon has consistently stated that he has not been involved in party affairs, this is because the message gave an excuse to raise suspicions that President Yoon was behind the disciplinary action of Lee and the subsequent reform of the ruling party system.
In a written briefing, spokesperson Cho Oh-seop of the Democratic Party of Korea said, “President Yoon’s words that he would not intervene in party affairs were blindfolded hoaxes.” His appearance is amazing,” he pointed out. Spokesperson Cho also added, “Does this mean that President Yoon secretly led the party’s fight behind the scenes without considering the public’s concerns?
Park Hong-geun, floor leader, said, “I have doubts that he didn’t play a role in disciplining and kicking out Lee. did.
People’s Power Rep. Kim Woong posted a picture of President Lee holding hands in an election campaign for the victory of President Yoon during the presidential election and wrote ‘internal gunfire’ to cover Lee in a detour.
Representative Lee, who is the party, uploaded a picture of Ulleungdo and avoided direct comment.
There is also interest in whether President Yoon will reveal his position on the controversy through a door stepping (abbreviated press conference) on his way to work on the 27th.
Reporter Lee Mina Hankyung.com helper@hankyung.com
