Lee Jin-sook: "If I Had Praised President Lee's Policies, I Would Have Stayed... Considering Run for Mayor of Daegu"

[Financial News] Former Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Chairperson Lee Jin-sook argued, "If I had said that President Lee Jae-myung's policies were 'truly excellent,' I would have remained in my position."
On the 30th, during Channel A's radio show 'Political Signal,' Lee was asked about the perception that she was 'taking a different path' under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration. She cited the example of Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), who was retained under the Lee Jae-myung administration, to support her point.
Lee Jin-sook was automatically dismissed when the Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) was established by law, leading to the dissolution of the existing Korea Communications Commission (KCC).
She remarked, "I wonder how much I must have been disliked, or how much I must have fallen out of favor, for this to happen." Lee added, "If I had also said things like, 'It was such a successful tariff negotiation that no agreement or signature was needed,' or praised the president's policies as 'truly excellent,' I might have been retained."
She continued, "However, it is necessary to point out what is wrong when it is wrong." Lee emphasized, "Although I am not a cabinet member, as a participant in cabinet meetings and as the head of the agency overseeing media policy, I believe it was my duty to fulfill that role."
Lee Jin-sook also commented on President Lee Jae-myung's nomination of former lawmaker Lee Hye-hoon as the inaugural Minister of Planning and Budget.
She said, "There have been many unconventional moves related to President Lee," and added, "I was a victim of that unconventionality, but now Lee Hye-hoon is being appointed in an equally unconventional manner. To sum it up, President Lee removes those he dislikes and appoints people from the opposing camp if he sees value in them."
When asked whether she would run for Mayor of Daegu in the June 3 Local Elections next year, Lee replied, "My top priority is to resolve the constitutional complaint and injunction regarding the KMCC establishment law filed with the Constitutional Court of Korea." She stated that she would consider running after the court's decision.
y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter