[Hot Interview] Close Kim Jong-hyuk "President Yoon separately called the floor leader, not common sense"

"Han Daepyo Appeared Bitter Over Being Snubbed by the Presidential Office"

Amid widespread assessments that the meeting between President Yoon Seok-yeol and People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon failed to produce any significant results, it was revealed that President Yoon called Floor Leader Chu Kyung-ho immediately after their meeting. Floor Leader Chu described it as a "routine matter," but Kim Jong-hyuk, a senior member from the pro-Han faction, criticized it as "unreasonable and strange."

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It is said that President Yoon called Floor Leader Chu separately right after the meeting.

It’s unreasonable. Floor Leader Chu had a meal at the National Assembly and even stayed to watch Secretary Park Jeong-ha brief on the meeting contents. The sudden reason for being called separately is strange. It doesn’t seem like an attempt to divide the party, but calling only the floor leader separately gives the impression of shaking the party leader.

While meeting with Leader Han, they said it had to end by 6 p.m., so it ended, but it turned out the schedule was to have a meal with aides. I thought they were meeting a foreign diplomatic envoy or something. I assumed the reason the president doesn’t eat with the leader was because of something very important, but it wasn’t.

You mentioned that Leader Han sounded bitter during a phone call?

In fact, the meetings and visits are meant for coexistence between the president and the party. But the presidential office keeps treating them coldly and like illegitimate children, and I think Leader Han feels quite bitter about why this is happening.

Are you referring to the president making Leader Han wait outside for 25 minutes due to scheduling?

He wasn’t even told to wait inside, which was strange. I don’t know who the president was with, but the appearance was odd.

How do you evaluate yesterday’s meeting results?

We had previously demanded that the presidential office at least accept a special inspector, issue a public apology, and take various progressive measures, so we expected something along those lines. Although the president suddenly said to talk about "problematic personnel," the atmosphere yesterday was actually more like "what’s the problem?" as far as I know.

What will be Leader Han’s future course of action?

As party leader, he will work together with the government and ruling party, and if there are problems, he will point them out according to the public’s expectations.