▲ Goo-Yong Park, Professor of Philosophy at Chonnam National University. ⓒNewsis
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Park Gu-yong, a professor of philosophy at Chonnam National University, who was appointed as the top member of the Honam share of the Democratic Party of Korea, announced his intention to resign on the day of his appointment. There are voices mixed with dissatisfaction in the party, saying that the initial appointment was wrong.
Park Seong-joon, spokesman for the Democratic Party, appeared on MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Eyes’ on the 6th and said, “I accepted after much deliberation, but there seems to have been a lot of talk after accepting.” There was active disapproval, so after the nomination was made, there was a word that he would decline.”
Spokesperson Park announced on the 5th that Professor Park had declined the position of the highest committee member. On the morning of the same day, spokesperson Park announced that Professor Park had been appointed as the top committee member and announced his resignation about nine hours later.
Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung reportedly accepted Professor Park’s opinion.
Professor Park told the members of the ‘Citizen’s Freedom College’ he created, “As a result of thinking alone, I have come to the conclusion that this dress does not suit me. is known to have sent the message.
CEO Lee was planning to bring in a new image by recruiting outside staff rather than inside the committee for the nominee top member. However, it creaked from the appointment of the highest committee member in Honam, the Democratic Party’s vegetable garden.
Some Democratic lawmakers in the Honam area took issue with Professor Park’s appointment. It is pointed out that Professor Park was originally a person who could represent Honam.
Democratic Party member A, who has a constituency in Honam, criticized Professor Park in a phone call with the New Daily on the same day, saying, “Do you have the qualities to represent Honam?” “It’s a really serious problem who recommended it.” He pointed out, “I need to represent Honam and have representativeness that can be used as a window in Honam through that person, but will that be true?”
Assemblyman A also insisted that Democratic Party lawmaker Song Gap-seok, who ran for the top member at the last national convention and dropped out, should assume the top member position. “Rep. Song is the person who has been the most active in the Gwangju and Jeollanam-do regions.”
Another Democratic Party member from the Honam region said, “In general, there are many people in the region who say that this appointment was not a politically problematic decision.” “He said.
Assemblyman B said, “The position of the Supreme Council member is not a position where one can recommend someone who is not confident in himself. pinched
In the local political circles, lawyers Im Seon-suk and Kang Haeng-ok, both former presidents of the Gwangju District Bar Association, are mentioned as the successor to Honam. It is known that the two men competed with Professor Park until the very last minute for the nomination position.
Assemblyman B said, “Both of them have a good reputation in the area. Attorney Lim also says, ‘I wish people like this would do a little bit of politics’ in the area.” said.
The Democratic Party plans to search for a person from the Yeongnam region along with the Honam supreme councilor for another supreme council seat.
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