Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate for the People’s Strength, is attending the General Assembly of the People’s Strength Seoul Campus held at the Guesthouse of the Hoam Faculty Hall of Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 25th. National Assembly Photo FoundationPeople’s Power As presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol vacated the ‘Kim Jong-in position’ and forced the election of the Election Countermeasures Committee, concerns about mid-term scalability are growing. It is pointed out that a large number of ‘oldboys’ were placed in the position of general manager, which can be said to be the waist of the former captain, instead of personnel who symbolized the keynote and direction of how to conduct the election.
On the 25th, Candidate Yoon announced key personnel at the level of general manager of the election committee. Hee-ryong Won, the former Jeju governor, was appointed as the head of the policy department, Ho-young Joo as the head of the organization, Seong-tae Kim as the general manager of the function, Jun-seok Lee as the head of the public relations and media division, Rep. Except for Lee, they are ‘old boys’ from the middle-class lawmakers. Previously, based on the presidential candidate’s priority in party affairs, Candidate Yoon placed all of his aides, including Secretary General Kwon Seong-dong, Vice-President of Strategic Planning Yoon Han-hong, and Organization Vice-General Park Seong-min, to major party posts.
Although he established a pro-government system by appointing persons who were close to Candidate Yoon or who made significant contributions to the main positions in the internal election process, criticism was poured out for the lack of novelty of the predecessor, centering on young members of the party. On the same day, Deputy Spokesperson Shin In-gyu of People’s Power said on Facebook, “We need rapid change and innovation, but is it really possible with a mammoth-class bicycle-type predecessor?”, and spokesperson Lim Seung-ho on Facebook the day before, “What are the names of those on the list? Does it give you freshness and emotion? It feels like the engine that was overflowing with vitality is dying.”
Candidate Yoon also won the previous intra-party primary based on the organizational power of established politicians, but in the public opinion, he was lagging behind Assemblyman Hong Jun-pyo. Unlike the primary election, there have been constant criticisms that the election fundamentals should be distinctly different from the primary election as the outcome of the final is decided by the public opinion, but considering the current election situation, it seems that there is no meaning beyond ‘extension of the primary camp’. A lawmaker from the People’s Power said, “If the primary election is won by gathering the votes of party members to the maximum, the main election should put people popular in public opinion on the front line.” do,” he feared.
Former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in enters a restaurant in Gwanghwamun, Seoul on the afternoon of the 24th to hold a dinner meeting with Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate for the Power of the People. National Assembly Photo FoundationA typical example is the clash with Kim Jong-in, former non-chairman. Former Chairman Kim had re-ordered a working-level leadership to change the central axis of the camp, including the meeting the previous day, but Yoon appointed Kim Byung-jun and Kim Han-gil as his plan and completed the appointment to the general manager level. As a result, it remains unknown whether or not former Chairman Kim, who has the ability to set the agenda with the guarantee of moderate expansion, will join. Im Tae-hee, a former chief of the Blue House, who was close to Kim and was rumored to be recruited as the general manager, was excluded from the appointment.
Former Chairman Kim met with reporters on the same day and said, “I talked about my position, and I’m not backing down anymore, so I’m waiting for it to be resolved.” “I don’t talk about anything else anymore.” Candidate Yoon’s side is in the position that it can wait for Kim’s change until the inauguration ceremony of the election on the 6th of next month, but the prevailing view is that it will be difficult for Kim to join the party early as long as he maintains the current stance.
Candidate Yoon’s side believes that while maintaining the current system, recruiting new people can increase mid-term expansion and competitiveness in the finals. The strategy is to assign a senior member of the party to the general manager level and to appoint a ‘new face’ such as former lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook or Kwon Kyung-ae as the co-election chairperson with a higher rank than that. A party official said, “It is also meaningful to appoint Rep. Jo Su-jin from Honam for the first election as the head of public affairs. Whether Candidate Yoon’s initiative succeeds as a predecessor who creates integrated synergy or fails as a previous lieutenant who is merely an ‘additional’ has become “totally responsible for the candidate (CEO Lee Jun-seok).”
