The People’s Power party convention was decided by just 2,367 votes, a margin of 0.54% points.
Far-right YouTuber Jeon Han-gil claimed that defeated candidate Kim Moon-soo should take responsibility.
[Jeon Han-gil/YouTube ‘Jeon Han-gil News’: Candidate Kim Moon-soo should retire from politics now. You lost the presidential election and the party leader election. It’s the judgment of the party members and the people.]
Yesterday (26th), Mr. Jeon delivered the results of the People’s Power party leader election through his YouTube broadcast.
During the election process, candidates were asked whether they would nominate Han Dong-hoon or Jeon Han-gil. Kim Moon-soo, who did not choose him but chose Han Dong-hoon, was asked to apologize to Jeon.
[Jeon Han-gil/YouTube ‘Jeon Han-gil News’: Regarding choosing Han Dong-hoon and discarding Jeon Han-gil, he should apologize to me. You can’t do that, how could you do that to me?]
He also mentioned that former President Yoon Seok-yeol is behind him.
[Jeon Han-gil/YouTube ‘Jeon Han-gil News’: Discarding Jeon Han-gil is like discarding President Yoon Seok-yeol, isn’t it!]
Far-right YouTubers, including Mr. Jeon, exerted influence throughout the party leader election.
Newly elected party leader Jang Dong-hyuk emphasized the role of YouTubers, calling it a “victory created by the new media environment.” After the election, Mr. Jeon’s name was also mentioned in discussions of appointments for top committee positions.
[Jang Dong-hyuk/People’s Power newly elected party leader (Yesterday/JTBC ‘Newsroom’): The two criteria for appointments will be whether there is a will to innovate the party at this time and the ability to properly confront the ruling party and the Lee Jae-myung government.]