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The first day when the power of the people was reorganized into a pro-Yoon Seok-yeol lineage.
In the passport came the idea of meeting regularly between the president and the ruling party leadership.
There is even talk of a revival of weekly meetings that had disappeared in the days of the imperial president in the past.
Reporter Jo Hee-won covered the story.
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People’s Power Ki-Hyeon Kim, the new CEO, met Jin-Bok Lee, Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs.
The first meeting between the president’s office and the ruling party leader.
The ruling party has raised one voice to support the president.
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″The president doesn’t seem to be sleeping well at night, I see. People’s livelihood is so difficult, so if the party can become a bit of an axis and support it…”
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″So that the president can concentrate on the current affairs of state affairs, so that he does not have to worry at all about the pending issues of the National Assembly or the party…″
President Yoon Seok-yeol decided to invite the new leadership to Yongsan for dinner next week.
In the passport, there was even talk of holding such a meeting regularly.
The weekly meeting between the president and the ruling party leadership took place during the past presidents Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam.
At that time, the president was concurrently serving as the president of the ruling party, but he was criticized for being an imperial president and disappeared into history.
The day after President Yoon Seok-yeol said at the party convention, “Fight the forces that take advantage of the crisis of the country and party.”
Top members of the ruling party poured out harsh words.
First, criticize the non-Yun Seok-Yeol faction within the party.
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″Beyond the hooligan level, aren’t these hooligans who actually jumped into the game? This abnormal behavior must now be permanently banished from this party…″
Criticism of the opposition was also harsh.
These are the words of a young member of the Supreme Council who caused controversy with his web novels that sexually targeted celebrities and his history of illegal car racing.
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″Isn’t the Democratic Party, which made four former criminals and suspects the party’s representative, sentenced to death by the rule of law…″
Former lawmaker Seung-min Yoo, a member of non-Yoon Seok-yeol, criticized that ″a president created a shrine for Yoon Seok-yeol, which is monopolized by one person″, and ″the nomination massacre will begin.″
The Democratic Party also criticized that there would be only one-way traffic, top-down.
This is MBC News Jo Hee-won.
Video coverage: Hwang Sang-wook, Kim Dong-se/Video editing: Lee Ji-young