Supreme Council member Jang criticized Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung's intervention in party affairs as aiming to establish a 'pro-Lee system' for quashing indictments and amending the constitution for his re-election.
Supreme Council member Jang characterized Chairman Lee's actions as a blatant attempt to make a specific individual the party leader, and pointed out that this is highly inappropriate.
Supreme Council member Jang assessed that Chairman Lee exerted all his efforts to make a candidate who would follow his desired direction, one who 'understands his intentions with just a blink of an eye,' into the party leader.
He added that these overreaches were the background to the neck-and-neck race that unfolded in the final stages, contrary to initial predictions.
Supreme Council member Jang foresaw that there would be no clear plan to resolve internal party conflicts during this process.
Supreme Council member Jang Dong-hyuk stated that Chairman Lee Jae-myung would continue to push for a constitutional amendment for re-election in order to survive. However, he questioned whether influential Democratic Party presidential hopefuls such as party leader Kim Min-seok or National Assembly member Jeong Cheong-rae would truly agree to Chairman Lee's constitutional amendment for re-election internally.
He pointed out that Chairman Lee Jae-myung's push for a constitutional amendment for re-election could lead to a decrease in the party's approval ratings and national administration support ratings. He predicted that this could cause a potential conflict of interest between Chairman Lee Jae-myung and future presidential hopefuls.
The host conveyed the prevailing mood within the Democratic Party. There is a 'co-destruction theory' that both Chairman Lee Jae-myung and party leader Kim Min-seok will perish if candidate Kim Min-seok becomes party leader.
Conversely, he added that there were conflicting rumors that if National Assembly member Jeong Cheong-rae became party leader, Chairman Lee Jae-myung would perish, but the Democratic Party would at least be able to breathe again.
Supreme Council member Jang expressed concern that this situation could act as a serious crisis within the Democratic Party.
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