Handonghun: "President Yoon's National Address Must Meet the People's Expectations"

"Choo Kyung-ho's Yongsan Visit Is Not a 'Passing Over'"
"Personnel Reshuffle Is Originally Artificial"

Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, argued that President Yoon Suk-yeol's upcoming national address scheduled for the 7th should meet the expectations of the people.

Chu Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, and Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council member, are talking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 4th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

On the 5th, after concluding a lifelong party members' meeting at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, Han responded to reporters' questions about what President Yoon should say in the national address.

When asked if he was aware that Chu Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, visited the Yongsan Presidential Office the day before, Han replied, "I did not know." Regarding specific questions about President Yoon's national address, he drew a line by saying, "I will summarize it as my first answer." This is interpreted to mean that regardless of how President Yoon conducts the national address, it should align with the people's expectations.

In response to criticism that Chu's visit to the Presidential Office without informing Han was a form of 'passing over,' Han said, "From my perspective, it is not." Regarding a Presidential Office official's statement that "it is undeniable that floor leader Chu is part of the party-government communication process," Han dismissed it by saying, "If that means the floor leader, not the party leader, is central, that is a misconception and a wrong statement."

Han has continuously called for personnel reshuffles in the Presidential Office. When the Presidential Office expressed its stance against artificial personnel reshuffles, Han pointed out, "Isn't personnel reshuffling inherently artificial?" and added, "Personnel reshuffling is necessary as a fresh start with renewed determination."