Song Young-gil: "There was friction between party and government under Jung Chung-rae… his brother-in-law's Shincheonji membership must be investigated"

He criticized Jung for denying this, calling it like covering the sky with one's palm. Song stressed that the party and government are currently operating separately and raised the issue of their relationship.

His remarks are read as questioning Jung's understanding of how the government operates.

Song expressed serious concern about heterodox religious groups interfering in party politics, given that these facts have been confirmed.

Song said the allegations about Jung's brother-in-law and Shincheonji must be thoroughly investigated no matter who becomes party leader. He said that if he becomes party leader he will naturally carry out the investigation, and stressed that even if Kim Min-seok becomes leader, this issue must be probed. Song argued that organized interference in party politics by heterodox religious groups must be blocked to protect democracy and the party system.

This shows Song's view of intra-party dynamics and the dispersion of votes.

He said Jung's remarks felt like improvised memorization not yet internalized as his own, questioning the sincerity of the debate.

He pointed out that Jung did not know these five goals and criticized his lack of understanding of national goals as party leader.

He analyzed this strategy as preparation for Jung's re-election, and cited the heavy defeat in the Honam region. Song said that in Gangjin, a bad choice of county head candidate produced an independent winner and even the national assembly member became independent, a complete failure for the Democrats, while the Rebuilding Korea Party won, arguing Jung's strategy led to the Honam defeat.

This appears to be a response to concerns about fairness in the party's polling process. With the polling firms completely replaced through his intervention, attention is expected to focus on the credibility of future poll results.

He argued that Jung is trying to create grounds for re-election by touting the success of the one-person-one-vote system and prosecutorial reform, when in fact they failed. Song analyzed that if the local and by-elections were defined as defeats, the rationale for re-election would disappear and Jung would fall into a contradiction by directly opposing the president's perception, so Jung is fabricating a lie. He added that Jung's claim that 'the party and government coordinated to make it a victory' was a hypothetical argument meant to prevent a defeatist mindset.

He said that even looking a year ahead, it cannot necessarily be called a merger, and that an electoral alliance is also a viable alternative. He especially pointed out that if the next general election uses a linked proportional system, the Democrats will struggle to field proportional candidates and creating a satellite party will become unavoidable. Song stressed that progressive parties like the Rebuilding Korea Party could then occupy space in the proportional segment, so the party must consider how to use that space, taking a cautious stance.

He stressed that although party rules allow for different arrangements through a party resolution, branding this as a privilege means one has no standing to speak of prosecutorial reform. Song recalled that when he was party leader he encouraged Kim Bo-mi and treated her well, and pointed out that being young does not always mean being right.

He explained that Roh rejected the three-party alliance, embraced Kim Dae-jung, and fought in Busan as the 'fool Roh,' which moved the Honam people and enabled him to become president. His remarks emphasize that Roh's political conduct moved Honam public opinion.

He noted that in an SBS interview he had named Kim Yong as someone he would want to take to the Blue House. This reveals Song's trust in and expectations of Kim Yong, and offers a glimpse of his plans for the composition of the party's Supreme Council.

Song said the remark showed Jung seems rather ignorant of the matter, and pointed out a lack of caution in his conduct and words at official occasions. This reflects Song's view of the dignity of a party leader and the distinction between public and private life.

Song corrected two past remarks that had been misunderstood. First, when he compared Hong Myung-bo's leadership with Guus Hiddink's, saying Hong picks people by his Korea University network while Hiddink did not weigh academic ties and picked Park Ji-sung from Myongji University, the remark was reportedly misconveyed as 'he was used without any academic background,' drawing criticism that he disparaged Myongji University. Song said this seems due to a pronunciation misunderstanding and that he never said that, adding that the Hankyoreh's president had also misunderstood and he corrected it. Second, he referred to a misunderstanding related to his 'Kyung Hee University law school' remark, though the specific misunderstanding was not explained. Song asked NewTamsa viewers to help correct these misunderstandings.

Kim said that when he was questioned by Prosecutor Lee Sung-yun over an article he wrote about the Seongsu Bridge collapse, which did not match what prosecutors wanted, a major fallout followed during the questioning. He recalled that Lee, then the junior member of the joint investigation team, was the one questioning him, and the reporting he had done was ultimately buried. Through this experience Kim expressed his personal view of Rep. Lee and joined the debate over the 'incompetence' controversy.