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Kim Jong-in “Ahn Chul-soo is so great…the national strength candidate wins”

[SUNDAY 인터뷰] Kim Jong-in, Chairman of the National Strength Hypertrophy

In an interview with JoongAng SUNDAY, Kim Jong-in, chairman of the National Power of the People’s Forces, is expressing his stance on the by-election of the mayor of Seoul and the current issue of political government. Reporter Kim Kyung-bin

– Let’s turn the clock back to May 22 last year, about 8 months ago. On that day, the Future Integration Party, the predecessor of the people’s power, officially confirmed the system of Kim Jong-in (81) as the emergency response committee chairman. At that time, the approval rating of the Future Integration Party remained at the 25% level. It was the lowest level since its inception. On the other hand, even in the midst of the’Yoon Mi-hyang controversy’, the approval ratings of President Moon Jae-in (62.3%) and the Democratic Party (42.5%) were flying high. The Future Integration Party was pushed by the Democratic Party in all regions except Daegu and Gyeongbuk (TK).

April Seoul mayor by-election plan
Candidate not, self or not
‘Unified before the party contest or registration’
I want to contact you in writing, an ultimatum

There is no achievement for the current government for 4 years
The level of voters is high
Disaster subsidies, only those who have been damaged should be given

– Afterwards, Chairman Kim changed the party’s sign with the power of the people and began to attack the middle class. In search of the May 18 Democratic Cemetery in Gwangju, he apologized and apologized for the arrest of two former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye. By avoiding extreme confrontation with the ruling party and reducing unfavorability, the Moon Jae-in administration absorbed the disappointed public sentiment. It also preempted social issues such as basic income. This means that the strategy was optimized for the power of the people, whose ability to make issues is weak.

In the Real Meter survey on the 11th, the approval rating of the people rose to 33.5%, overtaking the Democratic Party (29.3%). Seoul’s party approval rating also ranks first with 32.7%. However, Ahn Cheol-soo, the representative of the National Assembly Party, is the first candidate to support the mayor of Seoul. If the power of the people is defeated by the Democratic Party in the Seoul Mayor’s by-election in April, the first opposition party virtually loses its reason for existence. However, if the single candidate for the opposition party is surrendered to Representative Ahn for a winning composition, the position of the first opposition party will be extremely narrow. In this dilemma, what kind of path is Chairman Kim seeking? Chairman Kim, who met at the National Assembly’s representative office of the People’s Power on the 12th, emphasized the’justice’ that the 1st opposition party should walk through with a firm speech.

“Candidate Ahn Chul-soo is so great”

The public apologized for the guilty of the former president.

“This is what the Liberal Korean Party (predecessor of the people’s power) should have done right after he was impeached (former President Park in March 2017). The pros and cons were divided and they only struggled to stabilize the party, so did they face such a result in the general election in April last year? To seize new opportunities, you have to change. You have to figure out what the source of the crisis is. In the process of clearing up the mistakes of the past, I think it gave the perception that’the power of the people is now breaking away from the old one’.”

The 5·18 graveyard’knee apple’ also had a big repercussion.

“In the past, remarks have been made within the party that disparage the May 18 Democratization Movement. The democratization movement recognized by everyone is interpreted in a uniquely different direction, so the people are bound to frown. In order to resolve such negative perception, I had to make a fundamental apology.”

After Chairman Kim came, the party’s approval ratings have risen, but the approval ratings for presidential candidates under the power of the people or candidates for the mayor of Seoul have not followed.

“We have not yet come up with a consensus candidate in our party. When the contest begins, the candidates’ approval rating will increase step by step.”

Although there are many candidates in the party, the reality is that Ahn Cheol-soo is also falling behind.

“Candidate Ahn is like,’You must be yourself’. No one (other than Ahn) said that’Ahn should be a single candidate for the opposition of the mayor of Seoul. They compete with each other to make candidates. Since I am the boss, will I be a single candidate? This way of thinking is unacceptable.”

I heard that the influential members of the party were infuriated by discussing solidarity with Representative Ahn.

“Can Candidate Ahn come up with something so great? Who represents this party? He said,’Please, I don’t want you to talk about that.’

Isn’t it because of the desperate urgency that’if you don’t unify, you lose’ that you keep talking about’Ahn Cheol-soo’.

“So, haven’t I talked about it for a long time? After entering our party and playing the primary, or the people say that the opposition should be unified, is it possible to unify the candidates for our party (until just before the candidate registration in early March). There are only two ways. Anything else is meaningless.”

After meeting with Candidate Ahn on the 6th, he said,’There is no future meeting.’ Didn’t find the contact point?

“I have only two options on that day. If you decide to do one of them, please contact me, and I said that.”

Candidate Ahn didn’t respond much?

“Yes. We meet only when we make up our minds. Is there any reason I can say more?”

If you analyze it in detail, you said that Ahn’s current approval rating is meaningless.

“Even in the past, there are seldom cases where a candidate whose initial approval rating was first a few months before the election is elected. There is no need to talk about poll approval ratings when the elections haven’t even started.”

He said he could win by going in a three-way composition.

“right. can win. If Candidate Ahn says,’I will go to the election even if it cannot be unified’, there is no way we can stop it. Then, you will go to a three-way structure (Democratic Party candidate, People’s Strength candidate, Candidate Ahn). But if that happens, will the people tolerate it?”


New generation hates inequality, injustice, and injustice

During the 1995 mayoral election of Seoul, Candidate Cho Soon was also elected in a three-way structure where the opposition was divided.

“At that time, it was expected that the independent candidate Park Chan-jong would be elected in the polls. Now candidate Ahn is not as high as Park candidate at the time. It is only in the 20% range, but analyzing the approval rating also includes many of our party supporters. There are even Democratic supporters. When the election war begins in earnest, the voters go to the party they support. Then (candidate Ahn) what is left?”

The Democratic Party could come up with vaccines and disaster subsidies issues ahead of the election.

“I think such a temptation won’t work. The voters right now aren’t low enough to be swayed by that talk. Especially, Seoul voters have a very high level of knowledge. Isn’t it a common perception that the Moon Jae-in administration has no achievements for the past four years?”

Is there no need to rush to unify?

“Yes. It is my responsibility to create a good candidate for our party. It is also my responsibility to elect that person. There is no need to think about anything else.”

Some say that Chairman Kim will recruit businesswomen with a fresh image.

“I have never thought about it like that.”

President Moon presented a rosy economic outlook.

“In the New Year’s Address, I said,’I can see the light at the end of the Corona 19 tunnel’, but I think it’s just too optimistic to see the current situation. It is too optimistic to expect that our export-dependent economy will recover soon on its own (without the premise of a global economic rebound).”

He also wrote that he was sorry for the real estate controversy.

“I have issued a real estate policy 24 times, but have never been successful. The public expects house prices to rise again this year. If you raise taxes for catching speculation, housing prices are expected to rise further.”


You won’t be in the party after the April maintenance

On the 11th, Kim Jong-in, the chairman of the People's Strength Hypertrophy (right), greets Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon at the ceremony to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Kwanhoon Club. [뉴스1]

On the 11th, Kim Jong-in, the chairman of the People’s Strength Hypertrophy (right), greets Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon at the ceremony to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Kwanhoon Club. [뉴스1]

In the era of excess liquidity, the allegation of the national disaster support payment is raised again in the passport.

“This government has no predictive power. Isn’t it that 3 trillion won was only secured later, after not paying attention to securing the 3rd disaster subsidy budget at first? That money didn’t work, so I brought in reserves. President Moon said in his New Year’s speech that the economy will return to the situation before Corona 19, but there is a contradiction in the ruling party talking about the 4th disaster support fund.”

Do you think that additional support is also selectively paid?

“Of course. Still, polarization is intensifying. Disaster subsidies should be provided to those who have suffered a disaster. Is the Korean financial resources abundant enough to apply to those who do not?”

The controversy over corona prevention continues.

“The ability to predict is the perfect point. Experts have warned enough about how long the Corona 19 incident will last, but they said it would be okay only to believe in their K-quarantine. Then, did you not have a vaccine.”

What is the spirit of the times that Chairman Kim thinks?

“Inequality, injustice, injustice, undemocratic, these things the new generation hates the most. It will be very difficult if the next person to become president does not have a strong conviction in this field.”

Do you expect the regime judgment theory to work?

“I see it like that. If the power of the people wins the election of the mayor of Seoul, the political landscape will change completely.”

If you lead the April election to victory, the party can ask for more chairmanship.

“I don’t think that will happen. I have always said that if this party becomes too small, I think that it will hinder the development of democracy in the Republic of Korea, so I will quit after creating an environment in which the next presidential election can be properly held. After the by-election is over, I am no longer the person in this party. How the people’s strength will go after April is not what I will be concerned with.”


Reporter Kim Young-jun [email protected]

※ More details can be found in the February issue of the central monthly publication on the 18th.



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