Candidates Yoon Seok-yeol and Hong Jun-pyo, who are forming two strong points in the People’s Power Presidential Candidate Primary, waged a nerve war with each other by arguing for the superiority of the ‘party heart’ ahead of the main primary on the 29th.
Candidate Hong met with reporters after announcing the promise of ‘great political reform’ in the morning of the same day and argued that “it is judged that[the party member]achieved a golden cross”.
Candidate Hong said, “The sharp change in public opinion (from Candidate Yoon) was ‘Chun Doo-hwan’s remarks’ and ‘dog apology’. (Public opinion of party members) has changed radically,” he said.
Candidate Hong said the day before (28th), “If there is a party sentiment that goes against the public sentiment, it is a party that will fail.” Candidate Hong made a claim that the public opinion is gathering. Candidate Hong accepted the criticism of Kim Jong-in, the ‘Kingmaker’, former chairman of the Emergency Response Committee for the People’s Power, as ‘party sentiment’. “Next year’s presidential election will be a competition between Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung and People’s Strength candidate Yoon Seok-yeol,” and predicted the possibility of Yoon going to the finals.
Candidate Hong said, “It’s my opinion, I don’t care what you say.” He said, “The Yeongnam Party members don’t like Chairman Kim Jong-in. It will have little effect on the primary,” he said, showing no concern.
On the same day, Lee Eon-ju, co-election chairperson of the Hong Candidate Camp, appeared on TBS Radio’s ‘Kim Eo-jun’s News Factory’ and said, “There has been talk about whether[Hong]is at a disadvantage in relation to the party’s sentiment. has occurred,” he asserted.
Chairman Lee said, “In TK (Daegu/Gyeongbuk), Candidate Yoon was said to be leading, but I think it is being reversed. In PK (Busan, Gyeongnam, Ulsan), candidate Hong is already ahead of the vote.”
“Next week, Hong’s uptrend and Yoon’s downtrend are expected to increase, so the gap will widen further.” He also pointed out that “disappointment and anxiety about Candidate Yoon are rapidly growing in the areas of controversies over false statements, historical recognition, and public empathy.”
In a commentary on the same day, Lee Sang-il, director of the public affairs office of the Yun camp, aimed at the ‘Golden Cross’ remarks of Candidate Hong and Chairman Lee, and pointed out that “Candidate Hong and the camp are having a ‘believe it or not’ banquet like they’re nervous.”
Director Lee pointed out, “It’s no different from throwing out whatever you want without providing any evidence.
He also said, “Why don’t you know that these words and actions that regard party members as fools damage the image of Candidate Hong and lower the public and party members’ trust in him? Just by looking at what the results tell us, we can know the reality of ‘Hong Joon-pyo’s wind’.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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