On July 26, a telegram message was captured between Kwon Seong-dong, acting leader and floor leader of the People’s Power Party, and President Yoon Seok-yeol.That’s it. When President Yoon said, “The Uri Party is doing well too. , President Yoon responded with a ‘thumbs up’ emoticon. The ripples that occurred as soon as the message was published have not subsided.
In the past, President Yoon showed a distance from his party affairs while avoiding immediate answers to questions related to the power of the people in Q&A with reporters such as briefing meetings on the way to work, but with floor leader Kwon and text messages, he even used the expression “internal gunfire” and used the expression “internal gunfire”, party leader Lee Jun-seok. He didn’t hide his bad feelings for him. For this reason, there were even suspicions that President Yoon’s influence was behind the severe punishment for ‘six-month suspension of party membership’ on July 8, Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People’s Power Ethics Committee.
What’s wrong with using ‘internal gunfire’ in a private conversation?
Immediately after the release of the telegram message, the President’s Office and floor leader Kwon Seong-dong explained that it was a ‘private conversation between the president and floor leader,’ and asked them not to interpret it too broadly. The current affairs interview program of the four major companies also focused on this issue. Conservative performers made statements that were in line with the explanations of the presidential office and floor leader Kwon Seong-dong. Channel A (July 27)As the message was a private conversation, it was argued that it was not a big deal for the president to use the expression ‘internal gunfire’.
Lawyer Seo Jung-wook: You know Jeongjo a while ago. In the late Joseon Dynasty, this man, who liked the most academics, sent and received a lot of letters from Noron. This is a long time ago, when you don’t exist, the people curse at you, but on the contrary Even the king can curse (the people) when there are no people. President Yoon Seok-yeol is also a human being, so what’s the problem with privately discussing your feelings about CEO Lee Jun-seok? (syncopation) I wonder what’s so big of a problem for the president to use an internal firearm in a private conversation out of disappointment. (syncopation) (President Seong-Dong Kwon) Why do you put characters like ‘President Seok-Yeol Yoon’? ‘Chairman Yoon’ or anything else, this can be expressed differently. And do you see it (outside) carelessly obliquely? Responsibility for that act… … .
Lawyer Seo Jeong-wook, citing an informal letter exchanged by King Jeongjo with Noron’s Shim Hwan-ji during the Joseon Dynasty as an example, said, “The king can curse (the people) when there is no people.” “What’s the problem with having a private conversation about feelings?” and “It’s such a big problem that the president used an insider gun in a private conversation with the feeling of disappointment.”
Lawyer Seo Jung-wook talks about Joseon In February 2009, 299 letters sent by the 22nd King Jeongjo to Shim Hwan-ji, the leader of the Noron Byeokpa, were revealed. Prior to the release of the letter, Shim Hwan-ji was even blamed for the poisoning of King Jeongjo. He is known as the representative static of Jeongjo. These letters are not saying that ‘the king can curse (the people) when the people are not there’. In the last years of his reign, King Jeongjo is proving how meticulous he was behind the scenes politics through an informal letter.
In other words, there is no problem in that President Yun Seok-yeol compares the act of exchanging telegram messages with floor leader Kwon Seong-dong, so-called ‘Yun Hak-kwan (a key person in charge of Yoon Seok-yeol)’ to the act of King Jeongjo sending a letter to Shim Hwan-ji and conducting behind-the-scenes politics. There is a crowd. At least, to compare President Yoon’s telegram message to a letter sent by Jeongjo to Shim Hwan-ji, the message must be either Lee Jun-seok, who is currently in conflict, or Woo Sang-ho, chairman of the emergency response committee of the opposition Democratic Party.
Lawyer Seo Jeong-wook, who argued that it was not a big deal because it was a private conversation, criticized floor leader Kwon Seong-dong. Why did you enter ‘President Seok-Yeol Yoon’ on your phone? There are other expressions such as ‘Chairman Yoon’. There are many titles that are not immediately recognizable even if leaked to the media, but they are scolding them for using it as ‘President Yun Seok-yeol’, which people can easily recognize. This is a statement that is far from the essence of the matter.
“Even the president is a person, shouldn’t be interpreted too broadly”, “Kwon Seong-dong leaked the error”
Other performers, like lawyer Seo Jung-wook, argued that it was not a big deal because it was a private conversation, or that the president was human, so he could express his feelings.
Jeong Mi-kyung, Supreme Councilor for People’s Power: President Yun Seok-yeol is also a human being. So, I think the people will know more about the various conflicts and things like that. (omitted) But in that part Since the President was talking about the part of his heart that he struggled with, I don’t think there is any need to expand or interpret it with that part. (syncopation)
Hyun-Jong Lee, Editorial Board member, Munhwa Ilbo: Wasn’t this talking about ‘internal shooting’ in a private conversation with floor leader Kwon Seong-dong? (omitted) The problem is that this itself may appear as a result of being publicly disclosed. In the end, the president’s intentions… What, Aren’t we human beings too? They are friendly on the outside, but on the inside they all have different feelings. However, there is a difference between when it is revealed and when it is not. (omitted) In that case, I think that this issue is primarily the recklessness of floor leader Kwon Seong-dong. Obviously, when you are there, you know that reporters are filming, but revealing it is a problem in itself, and aspects that are not being addressed now… … .
TV Chosun (July 27)“President Yoon Seok-yeol is also a human being,” said Jeong Mi-kyung, a member of the People’s Strength Council, in an interview. Hyeon-jong Lee, editorial board member of the Munhwa Ilbo, also focused on ‘private dialogue’. “In a private conversation with floor leader Kwon Seong-dong, I talked about ‘internal shooting'” and “(basically, human relations) are just friendly on the outside, but they all have different feelings on the inside.” There is a difference when it was revealed.” It is said that “primarily, it is a problem caused by the recklessness of floor leader Kwon Seong-dong.”
Supreme Councilor Jeong Mi-kyung and editorial member Lee Hyeon-jong emphasized the importance of ‘private conversation’ and ‘the president is also a person’ and argued that it was not a problem, but other participants had different opinions. Former Asan Mayor, King BokgiPresident Eun’s office and floor leader Kwon Seong-dong insisted it was a private conversation, but pointed out that the subject was not a private person and the content was not private. It is not a private conversation because it is “a conversation between the president and the acting (cum) floor leader of the ruling party and this person” and “after all, it is about state affairs.” Channel A (July 27)Lee Do-woon, an editorial member of the Munhwa Ilbo, who appeared on the show, also pointed out that it was a “public dialogue” as “a dialogue between the president and the ruling party floor leader, and also (the party leader) acting as an acting representative.” The presidential office asked them not to interpret it, but pointed out that it has already gone beyond the realm of interpretation and that it has “proliferated as a political problem.”
President Yoon Seok-yeol, ask for Lee Jun-seok to resign?
In Channel A and TV Chosun, the performers expressed a common position. President Yoon Seok-yeol is demanding the resignation of Party leader Lee Jun-seok, so that the people’s power leadership system should be overhauled.
Munhwa Ilbo editorial editor Lee Do-woon: I can’t go on for 6 months in this awkward state. It’s time to stop talking about the president’s office and not getting involved in party affairs. Whether it’s persuading CEO Lee Jun-seok or some way to sort out the issue of the representative position and form a new non-captain, unless a new leadership system is formed through a national convention, this will continue to happen in the future. Is the president going on vacation next week? After you decide to go on vacation, please come up with a solution in front of the people and in front of the party members.
Moderator Kim Jong-seok reporter: Jeonggongbeop is important, in a crisis like this, you said this.
Channel A (July 27)In The Munhwa Ilbo, editorial member Lee Do-woon said, “Now, don’t talk about the president’s office, no longer being involved in party affairs. The president made a decision while on vacation, and after the vacation was over, he urged the people and the People’s Power Party members to come up with a solution. The solution is to “consume a national convention and form a new leadership system, whether by persuading CEO Lee Jun-seok or in any way to sort out the problem of the representative position and form a new lieutenant.” In fact, it is no different from President Yoon urging Lee Jun-seok to resign.
Kim Geun-sik, former head of the People’s Power Vision Strategy Office: No matter how much you care for it on the outside, it is what you feel on the inside. The president said, ‘I really can’t go with party leader Lee Jun-seok. my heart doesn’t change If you say ‘it won’t work’, the president said that you’re on vacation from next week, so how do you even have a private meeting (with party leader Lee Jun-seok) while on vacation and say, ‘It’s really hard for you and I to go. I formally demanded that you resign for the sake of the Yun Seok-yeol government… Because unless you resign (the power of the people), you cannot change the leadership system.
Moderator Yoon Jung-ho, reporter: That’s right, yes.
Kim Geun-sik, former head of the People’s Power Vision Strategy Office: There is no way. So (President Lee Jun-seok) must resign to be able to replace the new party leader at the national convention. Shouldn’t the president be able to run his own country only if he does that? so demanding, I don’t think that’s desirable.
TV Chosun (July 28)The same is true of Kim Geun-sik, former head of the People’s Power Vision Strategy Office, who appeared in the show. He insisted that if the president is really having a hard time with party leader Lee Jun-seok, he should directly resign and appoint a new party leader to improve the people’s power leadership system. With the clue that he doesn’t think it’s desirable. Editorial committee member Lee Do-woon and former chief of staff Kim Geun-sik do not know why the former president, who served as the ruling party president concurrently and held party affairs and nomination rights, disappeared through political reform.
After Roh Moo-hyun’s election as president, the ‘concurrent office of president of the political party’ ended.
Hankyoreh (October 2, 2015)According to the report, in the past, the president concurrently served as the president of the ruling party, controlling party affairs and controlling the National Assembly through the ruling party. It is also well explained in the paper “Comparative Study on the Power of the Presidential Party: Focusing on the Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung Administrations” published in October 2014. After the constitutional amendment in 1987, both the Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung governments had the president concurrently serving as party leader. The Party Constitution and Party Bylaws guarantee full authority over the nomination of the president, while applying subjective criteria such as ‘sympathy for the party’ and ‘contribution to the party’s development’ as the criteria for nomination screening so that persons with strong loyalty to the president can be nominated. .
In the end, the party leader, the president’s control of the party, was firmly maintained, and the members of the party had no choice but to be loyal to the president for re-election. Although there is an advantage that the president’s will and intentions lead to a smooth policy, criticism has been raised that the ruling party, which is one axis of the legislative branch, cannot properly check the administration as the president’s ruling party has increased. This situation came to an end when President Roh Moo-hyun, who was elected in the 2002 presidential election, declared the separation of the party government and decided not to assume the office of party leader. It was only then that the president ceased to exert influence on the nominations of the party as a general member of the party. However, even after that, in each government, a large number of people close to the president were nominated, and those who were not were eliminated, and expressions such as ‘factional nomination’ and ‘nomination massacre’ appeared. As such, party democratization is still ‘in progress’.
However, editorial member Lee Do-woon and former chief Kim Geun-sik actively urged the president to intervene in party affairs, which ended after a long process of political reform and party democratization in the past. It seems that the ruling party has forgotten the separation of powers that it should check the executive branch as an axis of the legislative branch. In addition, the hosts did not point out the inappropriateness of the performers’ remarks while helping or expressing their agreement with the ‘Junggong Law’.
President Yoon Seok-yeol’s authoritarian attitude, why not point it out?
A bigger problem is that none of the four major current affairs programs pointed out the authoritarian attitude revealed in President Yoon Seok-yeol’s expression of ‘internal gunfire’. In a telegram message with floor leader Kwon, President Yoon referred to party leader Lee Jun-seok as “the party leader who used to shoot internally.” The Hankyoreh (July 28)In “President Yoon sold the various criticisms and bitterness that President Lee (Jun-seok) has put forward as ‘internal gunfire’”, “I am embarrassed by the frivolous expression, but he showed an exclusive attitude that he will not tolerate disagreements or accusations. ” he criticized.
However Hyun-Jong Lee, Editorial Board Member, Munhwa IlboSome of the cast of the full-length current affairs dialogue program, including . As a human being, I was busy advocating that I could. Kim Geun-sik, former head of the People’s Power Vision Strategy OfficeAlthough it was somewhat criticized, saying, “If the president is saying that it is an internal gunfire, even if it is true,” and “I will not be criticized,” but the reason for the criticism was not the attitude of President Yoon itself, but the decrease in approval ratings. “The president’s perception that what the party leader of his ruling party is doing is an internal gunshot, in my view, is the cause of the president’s decline in approval ratings,” he argued.
Hankyoreh (May 24, Choi Hye-jeong, editorial member)Editorial board member Choi Hye-jeong said, “As long as beliefs are branded as betrayal and disagreements are recognized as internal generalities, there is no room for reflection and renewal. It is questionable whether the performers who criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol’s text message scandal in the full-length current affairs program are merely defending President Yoon Seok-yeol or criticizing party leader Lee Jun-seok depending on the camp without clear awareness of democracy.
– Monitor target: July 27-28, 2022 JTBC TV Chosun channel A MBN
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