Rep. Park: “This is a fight between Mrs. Kim and one candidate
Presenting three candidates to divide votes and possibly drop one in final round”,
First Lady Kim Gun-hee greeting before departure for a state visit to three Central Asian countries on June 15. Presidential Office reporter,
, ‘As the controversy over candidate Han Dong-hoon ignoring the text messages from Mrs. Kim Gun-hee intensifies ahead of the July 23rd party convention, Democratic Party Rep. Park Ji-won said on the 8th, “Strictly speaking, this is not a Yoon-Han conflict but a Kim-Han conflict (between Mrs. Kim and one candidate).”‘,
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, ‘On the SBS radio show hosted by Kim Tae-hyun on that day, Rep. Park said, “Mrs. Kim Gun-hee said to candidate Han Dong-hoon in January, ‘I will apologize. I will do as the acting chairman tells me to do.’ However, President Yoon said on February 9 in an interview with KBS, ‘There is no need to apologize. What did I do wrong?’ and cut it off like that,” and said, “The Kim-Han conflict escalated significantly, and as a result, a message was eventually sent from the presidential office to have Acting Chairman Han Dong-hoon resign,”.’,
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, ‘In the People Power Party, a ‘text message dispute’ is unfolding, as one candidate who received a public apology text related to the ‘luxury bag’ matter from First Lady Kim Gun-hee in January is being accused of ignoring it. In an interview with a media outlet, a member of that candidate’s camp also said, “Let’s see who dies. If ‘V1’ (President Yoon Seok-yeol) and ‘V2’ (First Lady Kim Gun-hee) approved the public release of the text messages, that’s crossing the line.”‘,
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, ‘Rep. Park also stated, “Right now, this is not a fight between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Han Dong-hoon. It’s a fight between Mrs. Kim Gun-hee and Han Dong-hoon.” Rep. Park also indicated that it means ‘President Yoon and First Lady Kim Gun-hee cannot accept in any way candidate Han Dong-hoon becoming the party leader.”,
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, ‘He said, “I don’t have solid evidence, but when three candidates come out, they already talked about it. This means that even if you die, you can’t give the leadership to Han Dong-hoon.” He predicted, “By presenting three candidates to split votes, if none reach over half in the first round, they will unite in the final round and drop Han Dong-hoon. They will enter with that strategy.”‘,
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