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(Reporter Han Guangfan, Edaily) In the first televised debate of the People’s Power Party representatives, candidate Han Dongxun and other candidates clashed over the “reading of controversial” text messages of first lady Kim Kun-hee. Won Hee-ryong, the candidate who proposed the “four-day theory” in the last election, refused to answer in the end despite the attack of candidate Han to “provide evidence”.
At the first broadcast debate of party leaders held at TV Chosun in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 9th, candidates Na Kyung-won and Yoon Sang-hyun criticized candidate Han Dong-hoon for not responding to Ms. Kim’s text message in January last year when she was the chairman of the emergency committee, regarding the controversy involving Ms. Kim’s luxury bags.
“The candidate’s position on the text message controversy keeps changing,” said candidate Yoon. “If I were a special prosecutor, I would have issued an arrest warrant if the suspect had changed his words. Now that the National Convention has been derailed by the text message controversy, it is the right thing to do. Admit ‘I was wrong, I was stupid at the time’ and move on.”
Candidate Na also said, “From the text messages that Ms. Kim made public, she clearly expressed her intention to apologize. He said, “Whether it is a public or private matter, the intention of the person involved (Mrs. Kim’s apology) is the most important.” He criticized “the act of cutting off communication without listening to the person involved is politically immature.”
Yoon Sang-hyun and Na Kyung-won “Han Dong-hoon did a poor job handling Ms. Kim’s text message controversy”
In response, one candidate said: “I have been talking about this issue. At that time, the message conveyed through various channels was that Kim Jong-un had no intention of apologizing. “If I reply to a private contact, it will be more problematic. If the content is made public, a serious nightmare situation will occur,” he retorted.
“I don’t think (Ms. Kim’s apology in the text message) was what she meant,” he said. At the time, the position of the president’s office itself, which was the target of the apology, was clear that it would not issue an apology. “That’s why the calls for my resignation at the time were unprecedented,” he said. “I’m telling you, the first lady has not apologized.”
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Han retorted to candidate Han, who suspected that he had discussed the nomination with relatives when he was chairman of the emergency committee, and told him to “provide evidence” and “admit and apologize if it is a lie.” He said: “It is slander to say that I mobilized my family to interfere in the nomination process. More than 200 articles (raising doubts) also had an impact on the election. “This is old politics,” he criticized fiercely.
However, Candidate Win evaded responding to one candidate’s attack, saying: “Yesterday, the party election committee asked us to stop fighting and competing on policies at the national convention, so I will stop commenting on it.”
Han Dong-hoon: “There are ‘classes’ in South Korea… “Once the sentencing begins, supporters will leave.”
All four candidates agreed that if Kim Jong-un had apologized during the election, the election results would have been different. One candidate said, “(The election loss) was caused by a combination of factors that failed to respond to public opinion, one of which was this issue,” adding, “To correct this, I asked for an apology ( ) and said she did not meet public expectations.” “That’s what I said,” he said.
Candidate Won also noted that “the people hate the regime we elected trying to win over the people” and that “losing to the people could be a turning point for us to be humble, regardless of whether we did well or poorly.” Candidate Yoon also stressed that “Ms. Kim was fully willing to apologize (at the time),” adding that “if she had apologized, the outcome of the election would have been different.” Candidate Na also said that “Ms. Kim’s apology was something all the candidates desperately wanted during the election,” adding that “so everyone must have been disappointed when the story about the text messages came out recently in January.”
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All four candidates predicted that the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 election would not be former party leader Lee Jae-myung. “South Korea is a country with ‘classes.’ Even if the system is late, it will eventually reach its goal,” one candidate said. “As the verdicts (in some cases) are handed down quickly, many people with common sense will leave,” he predicted.
“I know very well the power behind former Rep. Lee and what he has done throughout his life,” said candidate Won. “We have the most effective offensive cards,” he claimed. Candidate Yoon also said, “Former Rep. Lee is the biggest corruption suspect since Dangun,” and predicted that “the Supreme Court will make a final ruling before the March 2027 presidential election.” “Just as I brought down former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, I will also bring down former Rep. Lee,” said candidate Na. A procedure to expel former Rep. Lee from the National Assembly could also be considered. “The Democratic Party is currently a one-party dictatorship, but there is dissatisfaction within it, so it may split,” he emphasized.
Candidates responded differently to whether the government should be rebuilt in a way that distinguishes it from President Yoon Seok-yeol. Han and Na said there was no need to make a distinction, but Wen and Yoon said a certain degree of distinction was necessary.
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