Kim Jong-in, former standing advisor to the New Reform Party. News 1
Kim Jong-in, former standing advisor to the New Reform Party, said about Han Dong-hoon, former People Power Party Emergency Committee Chairman, rejecting President Yoon Seok-yeol’s offer for a luncheon, saying, “(Former Chairman Han) would not feel like eating on his own.”
Former standing advisor Kim appeared on the SBS YouTube ‘Political Consulting Stove League’ on the 23rd and said, “If President Yoon had known how to conduct wise politics, he would have given former Chairman Han discretion, but because he failed to do so, conflict was bound to arise between the two.” “It is,” he said.
Regarding the point out by some that ‘Still, we should have had lunch together’, former standing advisor Kim said, “That is just what Koreans commonly think, and politics is not that simple.” He added, “Former Chairman Han has his own political hopes.” “If you want to have it, it is better to distance yourself from President Yoon, and if you align yourself with President Yoon, there is no hope at all,” he emphasized.
He said, “(I am) the person who said to former Chairman Han, ‘That person didn’t do a good job’ when he was about to become emergency committee chairman. “A person who doesn’t know much about politics suddenly jumped into the election arena,” he said. “Honestly, isn’t former Chairman Han a person who didn’t have the ability to lead the election while differentiating himself from President Yoon? “Then we have no choice but to face this result,” he said.
In response to a reporter’s request to ‘give advice to former Chairman Han,’ former standing advisor Kim said, “Former Chairman Han must have realized on his own that politics is not that simple,” adding, “He also reflected on his experience during the election process. “We need to think deeply about what needs to be improved and how politics can be done properly,” he advised.
Former Chairman Han took responsibility for the general election defeat and resigned on the 11th and has been in hiding since then. In particular, former Chairman Han was offered a lunch meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol through the President’s Chief of Staff on the 19th, but politely declined due to health reasons.
However, according to the political circles and ruling party, former Chairman Han was found to have had a dinner meeting with emergency response committee members on the 16th. Participants reported that former Chairman Han shared his thoughts during this event.
Choi Jae-ho, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
