Pro-Lee Jae-myung Kim Yong: "If Elected to Supreme Council, I Will Properly Confront Han Donghoon"

At a Special Lecture for Key Party Members in Gongju Hosted by Former Buyeo Governor Park Jeong-hyun, Kim Criticizes Han Donghoon
"Han Donghoon Fled to the National Assembly During Yoon Suk-yeol's Rebellion"
"Proposes Party Innovation Pledges Including Direct Elections for Proportional Representatives"

Democratic Party Supreme Council Member candidate Yong Kim stated at a special lecture at Kongju National University on the 25th, "As a representative of ordinary party members, I will create a Democratic Party where the will of the party members is reflected in party management and state affairs."

Kim Yong, a pro-Lee Jae-myung candidate for Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized independent lawmaker Han Donghoon on July 25, stating, "If I become Supreme Council Member, I will properly hold Han Donghoon accountable."

Kim, who is running in the Democratic Party's Supreme Council elections scheduled for August 17, made these comments during a special lecture titled "Success and Vision of the Lee Jae-myung Administration" held at the Baekje Education and Culture Center of Kongju National University. The event was organized by Park Jeong-hyun, former governor of Buyeo County. Kim said, "When the arrest motion for then-party leader Lee Jae-myung was approved in the National Assembly during Yoon Suk-yeol's presidency, it was Han Donghoon who tauntingly brandished the arrest warrant."

About 300 key party members from the Chungnam region attended the event.

Kim further argued, "Han Donghoon talks as if he were a hero who prevented a rebellion, but that is not true. When former President Yoon Suk-yeol said he would 'throw him into Baengnyeongdo,' Han got scared and ran to the National Assembly."

He added specifically, "It is hard to accept that Han is currently being mentioned as a potential next presidential candidate by cleverly positioning himself as someone who opposed rebellion."

Kim Yong, the Supreme Council Member candidate, and Park Jeong-hyun, former governor of Buyeo County, Chungnam (right), are posing.

Regarding the direction of party management, Kim emphasized the role of party members.

He stated, "The voice of every single party member is the greatest force shaping the future of the Democratic Party. As a representative of ordinary party members, I will create a Democratic Party where the will of the members is substantively reflected in party management and state affairs."

He also said, "The greatest driving force for the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration is the party members. To further strengthen public trust, the Democratic Party must develop beyond party member sovereignty into a party that champions national sovereignty."

As his pledges for party innovation, Kim proposed introducing direct elections of proportional representation candidates by party members, expanding the party member evaluation process in the nomination of National Assembly candidates, imposing a limit of three consecutive terms in the same constituency, and establishing an independent Party Audit Office. He stressed, "I will build a party management system that is centered on democratic participation by party members."

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