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Lee Jun-seok Criticizes President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Leadership at Supreme Council Meeting in Seoul

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the New Reform Party, will deliver a speech at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 22nd. 2024.4.22/News 1

On the 22nd, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the New Reform Party, said of President Yoon Seok-yeol, who had proposed a summit meeting: “When things get urgent, he pretends to listen.”

Rep. Lee appeared on MBC Radio’s “Kwon Soon-pyo’s News High Kick” this afternoon and was asked by the host, “Do you think President Yoon is changing after proposing a summit between the two leaders?” (President Yoon) swallows when it happens sweet and spits it out when he is bitter.” “And when things get urgent, I pretend to listen,” he said.

Rep. Lee said, “Even in the presidential election, if I thought I was going to lose, I would have bent 90 degrees. There are also some photos left. However, after the presidential election, he was extremely worried and immediately kicked him out,” he said. “In a way he is a very humane person.”

Previously, Rep. Lee was ousted as party leader after receiving a 6-month disciplinary action by the People Power Ethics Committee in July 2022, following his victory in the presidential election.

Rep. Lee said, “However, it is fortunate for the Republic of Korea that President Yoon is now aware of the crisis,” and added, “If it were a normal political force, it should have recognized the danger if it were judged so the last Gangseo by-election. “But even if people made such a harsh judgment, didn’t they just activate their own happiness circuit?”

Representative Lee highlighted the launch of the “In Yohan Innovation Committee” and “Han Dong-hoon Emergency Committee” and criticized: “We need to make drastic reforms, but aren’t we trying to resist by pushing the pace?”

At the same time, he stressed, “looking at the appointments even now, I think there is a sense of crisis, but no one will want to work for Yoon Seok-yeol’s government.”

Representative Lee said, “What do you mean, ‘appoint Jin-seok Jeong as chief of staff?'” and added, “We appointed Representative Jin-seok Jeong, who has now been judged by public sentiment and said, ‘We must follow the party’s sentiment 100%’ and ‘The party’s sentiment is the people’s sentiment’ when he was chairman of the emergency committee,” he stressed. Then he raised his voice, saying: “From then on, the party elected (then) Representative Kim Ki-hyun in a 100% national convention, and they started arguing and making a fuss, and that’s what happened, isn’t it.” It?”

On the morning of the 22nd, President Yoon personally announced the results of the selection of the chief of staff in the meeting room of the Yongsan Government Complex and appointed Representative Jeong Jin-seok, a five-term member of the People Power Party, as the new head of major state. . President Yoon explained the context of the appointment, saying: “As chief of staff, I expect you to carry out your duties very well by communicating smoothly not only with Yongsan’s staff, but also with the government, the ruling party, the opposition party, the media and all parts of civil society.”

Kim Ye-seul, Donga.com reporter seul56@donga.com

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