Bae Hyun-jin: “Pigs only see pigs... Hong Joon-pyo should drop his jealousy of Han Dong-hoon and focus on his later years”

[Financial News] People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin said of former Daegu Metropolitan City mayor Hong Joon-pyo, “Now that you’ve retired, I hope you can set aside your jealousy and sense of rivalry toward your far junior colleagues like Han Dong-hoon, who graduated from Seoul National University School of Law, and instead focus on enjoying a mature and peaceful old age in which you truly know how to love yourself.”

On the 10th, Bae wrote on her Facebook page, quoting Monk Muhak’s saying, “In a pig’s eyes, everything looks like a pig; in the Buddha’s eyes, everything looks like the Buddha,” and added, “I’m a ‘Hong expert.’ The lifelong driving force of former mayor Hong Joon-pyo is his complexes. That force created the Hong Joon-pyo of the old days we used to know, but it is also making the Hong Joon-pyo of today, nearing eighty, look pitiful.”
She continued, “Today’s out-of-the-blue rant about his complexes seems to be nothing more than a defense mechanism that burst out in embarrassment as the full story and ugly details of his defection from the party are once again drawing attention. He is trapped in the idea that everyone thinks the way he does,” adding, “It’s truly ironic to hear someone like Hong, who has held virtually every top position—party leader, floor leader, governor, and more—for a total of eight terms, talk about a ‘periphery complex.’ Through several autobiographies, including one literally titled ‘Periphery,’ he himself confessed this and struggled many times to break free of it. But it seems it wasn’t easy.”
Bae went on, “The wounds of a childhood spent in crushing poverty and the lingering regret of not getting into Seoul National University turned into sharp personal attacks against colleagues who grew up differently from him, and in the end he chose a lonely retirement,” adding, “I hope he himself will find the answer to why, in the political world to which he devoted his entire life, there are almost no colleagues or juniors who genuinely trust him.”

She then said, “People say Hong Joon-pyo helped Bae Hyun-jin, but in fact it was Bae Hyun-jin who helped Hong Joon-pyo more,” and continued, “For Hong Joon-pyo, who had been abandoned by party members in 2018, I created the YouTube channel TV Hongka Cola, and when he was swayed by the lie about owning 30 fishing boats after being tempted by a few snow crabs from the squid seafood businessman, I confirmed that the man was a con artist and helped cut ties. I think I saved former mayor Hong from at least three major crises in his life.”
She concluded her post by saying, “Now that you’ve retired, I hope you can set aside your jealousy and sense of rivalry toward your far junior colleagues like Han Dong-hoon, who graduated from Seoul National University School of Law, and instead focus on enjoying a mature and peaceful old age in which you truly know how to love yourself.”
Earlier, Hong had taken aim at Rep. Bae Hyun-jin, who had criticized him, writing on Facebook, “I misjudged that person. I didn’t know their character was like that. They’re living like a moth drawn to the flame, trapped in the shackles of vain desire, just like Kathy Bates in Misery.” Bae’s remarks appear to be a rebuttal to this criticism from the former mayor.
gaa1003@fnnews.com Ahn Ga-eul Reporter