[이데일리 송주오 기자] On the 21st, Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate for People’s Strength, completed the formation of the Election Countermeasures Committee, which had been experiencing difficulties. Kim Jong-in, former chairman of the People’s Power emergency response committee, Kim Byung-jun, former chairman of the emergency response committee of the Liberty Korea Party, and Kim Han-gil, former chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, were all successfully recruited. It is evaluated that Candidate Yoon was composed of a predecessor who emphasized his own color.
After meeting with reporters after meeting at the office of former representative Kim Han-gil in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the same day, Candidate Yoon met with reporters and said, “Ex-Chairman Kim Jong-in will serve as general election chairman, and former chairman Kim Byeong-jun and party leader Lee Jun-seok will take over as permanent election chairman.” . Former CEO Han-Gil Kim will serve as the new era preparation committee. It heralded the launch of the so-called ‘Samkim (三金) predecessor committee’.
Candidate Yoon struggled for the establishment of Sam-Kim’s predecessor. He met with former Chairman Kim Jong-in, who had rejected the idea of Candidate Yoon, on several occasions and worked to persuade him. In the end, the day before, Candidate Yoon received his will to accept at the same place with former Chairman Kim Jong-in and former Chairman Kim Byung-jun. The next day, Kim Han-gil, the former CEO, also agreed to join the squadron. Former CEO Kim said, “I will contribute my strength to usher in a new era through regime change. I hope that the power of the people will now advance toward the midfield like the Mongolian cavalry without fear.”
Attention is focused on the relationship with Kim Han-gil, former CEO of Samkim. Candidate Yoon and former CEO Han-gil Kim have been building relationships since the 2013 state audit. Candidate Yoon, who at the time was the head of the Yeoju branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, led the investigation into the NIS’s comment manipulation case, and caused a stir by exposing the pressure outside the investigation. Candidate Yoon’s famous saying, “I am not loyal to people,” also appeared at this time. One of the people who went out to rescue Yoon, who was later excluded from the investigation team, is former CEO Kim Han-gil.
Candidate Yoon was rumored to have met with a major opposition figure before resigning as prosecutor general. The dominant observation is that the person I met at this time was former CEO Kim Han-gil. After entering the political world, he is said to have influenced the course of candidate Yoon through various advices. In particular, after Yoon entered the political world, he suffered from frequent tales that earned him the nickname ‘one word a day (reckoning once a day)’. At this time, former CEO Kim served as a guide.
However, it was not because of a simple relationship that Kim Han-gil was recruited. Candidate Yoon plans to spur the expansion of the middle road by recruiting former representative Kim Han-gil. Regarding the recruitment of former CEO Kim Han-gil, he explained, “I thought he was the right person to serve people who are hesitant to join the power of the people right now, and to embrace moderate and rational progress in my judgment.” Candidate Yoon’s mid-way image faded as he joined the party with the power of the people. This is because the conservative image has been strengthened during the primary. Kim Han-gil, former CEO, pulled out a card to supplement this.
Kim Han-gil, the former president, is a representative anti-Western person with a political career in the progressive camp. This is a figure that coincides with the ‘anti-moon big tent’ theory of Candidate Yoon’s presidential campaign. In March, Rep. Jo Su-jin of People’s Strength defined the relationship between the two as a ‘counter-moon ring’.
The New Era Preparation Committee, led by former CEO Han-gil Kim, also focused on such a role. Regarding the New Era Preparatory Committee, Candidate Yoon said, “We are promoting a sense of unity between the youth and the elderly and harmony between regions in achieving regime change. We will provide a platform where everyone can be together,” he said.
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