Park Jie-won, who took a jab at the ‘Park of Myeong-Hee’, said, “I didn’t even participate in the election contest… ”

Park Jie-won of the Democratic Party of Korea criticized the controversy over the “heart of the leader Lee Jae-myung” that arose during the process of electing the 22nd National Assembly speaker and floor leader, saying, “It is not politics for the Democratic Party to be so focused and demand undivided attention.”

President-elect Park made this statement during an appearance on CBS Radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ on the 25th, raising controversy over the neutrality of the National Assembly Speaker and objecting to the floor leader election procedure.

The Democratic Party, the majority party, will serve as Speaker of the National Assembly for the first half of the 22nd National Assembly. Although the Speaker of the National Assembly is required to operate the National Assembly neutrally, including being prohibited from holding party affiliation under the National Assembly Act, candidates for the National Assembly Speaker are competing to emphasize that they will “work for Representative Lee Jae-myung.”

President-elect Park said, “The Speaker of the National Assembly must have political power, negotiating power, driving force, and fighting power while maintaining neutrality according to the law, what the people want, and what the public wants.” He said, “Emphasizing the neutrality of the Speaker of the National Assembly to the people is politics, but saying ‘I am from the Democratic Party, so I will only side with the Democratic Party’ is not politics.”

Regarding the election for the next floor leader of the Democratic Party to be held on the 3rd of next month, President-elect Park said, “Our elected candidates have not even held a contest for the elected leader,” and “It is absurd to do this without knowing whether the person running in the election for floor leader has the nose in front or the back.” “Isn’t that unreasonable?” he said.

The Democratic Party will accept registration for floor leader candidates on the 25th and 26th. Candidates will present their opinions at a workshop for elected candidates held on the 30th. There is an atmosphere in which Representative Park Chan-dae, a close associate of Representative Lee Jae-myung, is being promoted as floor leader.

President-elect Park said, “It’s not like we can’t say anything even if the party is going like this. “In order to take power, diverse voices and correct words must come out within the party,” he said. He said, “No matter how many people are elected, we have to have a meeting at least once for breakfast and say, ‘This is how we are.’ “It’s good to at least show your face, but without any news, they just say, ‘The floor leader will meet at 10 a.m. in the conference room of the National Assembly on May 3,’” he said. “I don’t even know whether my fellow elected officials have their noses in front or behind.” did.

President-elect Park said, “A variety of opinions need to come out and be extracted, centered around Representative Lee Jae-myung. If you just say, ‘My opinion is mine,’ then where will the public sentiment go?” “We must go with the public sentiment,” he said.