“‘Is this person insane?’ Bad things can happen if you hear such comments”
Woo Sang-ho, former emergency committee chair of the Democratic Party ⓒNewsis, “[Dailyan = Reporter Kim Eun-ji] Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, was sentenced to a suspended imprisonment in his first trial for violating the Public Official Election Act, a penalty that strips him of his right to stand for election. However, it is unlikely that members of the non-Lee Jae-myung faction within the party will start public actions in earnest immediately in response to this.”,
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, According to political sources on the 19th, Woo Sang-ho, former emergency committee chair of the Democratic Party, remarked during CBS Radio’s ‘Hanpan Seungbu’ program the previous evening, “Our party’s leader and a strong presidential candidate has received a fatal sentence, even though it is a first trial,” predicting that “(instead) no one will be able to move.”,
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, Woo stated, “If someone does make a move, it would be like, ‘Isn’t it this kind of thing?’, and they would be criticized for running around for their own benefit while the party leader and strong presidential candidate are in trouble. Such comments can result in significant losses.”,
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, He added, “This is why potential competitors or those known as the non-Lee Jae-myung faction cannot carry out public activities.”,
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, Woo questioned, “If we change the situation, say the ruling party leader faced such troubles, would someone who distanced themselves from the leader in the party say ‘serves them right’ and go around talking like that?” He dismissed the idea that the non-Lee Jae-myung faction would intensify their public activities as the result of the trial, as purely speculative from those who do not understand the internal dynamics of the party and are merely wishing for Lee Jae-myung’s downfall.”,
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, Referring to the potential scenario where Lee, the Democratic Party’s candidate in the 20th presidential election, receives a penalty of over 1 million won from the Supreme Court, which means the party would have to return 43.4 billion won in election costs, Woo described it as a hypothetical situation but warned, “Such a scenario would lead the Democratic Party to a serious downfall.”,
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, Woo expressed concerns saying, “Where would we find 43.4 billion won? It would be difficult to raise even through selling buildings and fundraising.”