“The Moon Jae-in government’s real estate policy is to use only red drugs for severely ill patients” (Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin, book 「Reset Korea」)
“(The theory of speed regulation of the prosecution reform) has not been heard officially or informally. Prosecution reform season 2 is what the party does” (Park Ju-min, Democratic Party member, radio interview on the 23rd)
Park Yong-jin (left) and Park Joo-min of the Democratic Party
In addition, Rep. Park Yong-jin and Park Ju-min, who are also called’preliminary candidates for the presidential power of the 40s’ by the Democratic Party, began to speak out. Rep. Park Yong-jin, who has revealed his will to challenge the presidential power since last year, has been traveling the country through discussions and lectures, and Rep. Park Ju-min started by taking a different route from the Blue House.
Park Yong-jin “Nambul Jung Nami Falls from My Parents”
On the 24th, Rep. Park Yong-jin held a press conference for the publication of “Reset Korea,” a conversation book published by Kim Se-yeon, former Congressman Kim Se-yeon, and economist Dr. Woo Seok-hoon. Rep. Park (hereinafter Rep. Park Yong-jin Park) has been classified as a minority group by often making statements about the Democratic Party’s opinion, but in the book and remarks on the day, he criticized the Moon Jae-in administration’s policies and attitudes more intensely.
Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin (center), former Congressman Kim Se-yeon, and economist Dr. Seok-Hoon Woo, are speaking at a conference to commemorate the publication of the book’Reset Korea’ on the 24th. Photo Open House Publisher
Rep. Park said in a book about the Moon Jae-in government’s real estate policy, “I don’t understand why I focus only on fixing the prices of apartments in Gangnam 3 district, and whether raising taxes and regulating loans is the way to guarantee people’s housing rights.” He then criticized that “the current government is too hostile to the market,” he said, saying, “only using antipyretics and red drugs for severe patients.”
At the conference, when asked about’the point where the mainstream mainstream camp should reflect on and change in the future’, he replied, “My attitude toward South Korea.” Rep. Park said, “At a common-sense level, who can applaud the people who are in the middle of it?” “I can’t like to overturn the standards of criticism that the Democratic Party made to the President and the government when it was an opposition party.” He repeatedly stressed, “It is possible to make mistakes when operating economic policies, but what really falls short is the attitude of being inadequate in the future and lack of power.”
In January, Rep. Park created the think tank’Whole People’s Happiness Politics Research Institute’. As the head of the research institute, Dr. Seok-Hoon Woo, who published the talk book together, was recruited. When asked,’Is the publication of the conference book and the launching of the institute a part of the presidential campaign movement?’ Rep. Park Yong-jin said, “There are many people who see what kind of presidential election a person without money, no hundred, and faction like me is going to go to the presidential election. I decided to add it.”
Park Joo-min,’Sewol issue → Familiarity → Challenge to the president’
Another Democratic Party’s 40-year-old Congressman Park Ju-min is also dreaming of running for president. On the 16th, Rep. Park (hereafter Rep. Park Ju-min Park), who appeared in’Shin Ye-ri’s All-Night Talk’ of’JTBC Insight’ on the 16th, asked,’Will you skip the Seoul mayoral election and go to the next presidential election?’ I am thinking about leaving it open.
When referring to Rep. Park Yong-jin, who had already declared a challenge to the presidency, Rep. Park said, “I am not completely confirmed. I want to have a leisurely process of finding my role while looking a little longer.”
Park’s thoughts have been revealed in recent words and actions. In a radio interview on the 23rd and 24th, Rep. Park, who is in charge of the Democratic Party’s Prosecutors’ Reform Special Committee, said, “I have never heard of (the prosecution rate regulation theory) officially or informally.” President Moon gave a letter of appointment to Justice Minister Park Beom-gye and called for “settlement of investigative power reform”. Nailed. On the 25th, the Democratic Party’s Special Prosecutors’ Office for Reform announced that “I have never considered speed control.”
After the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014, Rep. Park made her name public by acting as legal representative of the Sewol family countermeasure committee. In 2016, President Moon, who was the party’s representative, recruited Congressman Park, and Congressman Park took over as the pro-moon representative, ranking first in the 2018 National Convention. Driven by momentum, he went to the party presidential election in August last year, but failed to overcome Lee Nak-yeon’s popular opinion.
Afterwards, Rep. Park started to create a think tank that was read as a signal of the presidential camp. On the 22nd, Congressman Park started a series of discussions on the subject of’The Welfare State of the 21st Century, the Future of Korea’. The front line was widened by the issue of welfare, the biggest topic of major players such as Nak-yeon Lee and Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong. Rep. Park said on Facebook, “I have been seeking knowledge and wisdom from many teachers for six months after the party’s presidential election ended.” “Recently, we are running a small study meeting with several lawmakers.”
Lee Jun-ho, CEO of STI, said, “It will be difficult for the two Democrats in their 40s (Nak-yeon Lee and Jae-myeong Lee) to overturn the trend, but as a politician preparing to run, it will be an opportunity to create a political faction within the party, a policy brand, and a regional base. He said, “The recent move is interpreted as both lawmakers have recognized that only the voice of the provincial or the party’s bitterness is insufficient.”
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