“Spearheading Han Dong-hoon’s Return Would Bring Down the People Power Party Leadership,” Park Choong-kwon Says, Citing Little Support Within the Party

[Financial News]  Park Choong-kwon, chief spokesperson for the People Power Party, said he opposed independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon’s return to the party, saying, “Now is not the time.”
On the 10th, Park told YTN radio’s “Jang Sung-cheol’s News Myeongdang” that there did not seem to be much support within the party for the recent calls by senior party lawmakers, including Kim Gi-hyeon, Yoon Sang-hyun and Kim Tae-ho, for Han to return to the party.
“That isn’t what matters right now, is it? Something truly unimaginable is happening in South Korea,” he said. “The judiciary should determine guilt or innocence through a trial, but they have already decided the outcome and even activated a special counsel team to prove his innocence. They are saying they will secure Lee Jae Myung’s acquittal at trial through the Lee Jae Myung special counsel law, but discussing Han’s return to the party does not help at all.”
Asked by the host, “Isn’t Han the one who fights the Lee Jae Myung administration best? Wouldn’t he strengthen the party’s forces?”, Park replied, “That’s true,” but added, “Chairman Jang Dong-hyeok holds to the principle that forcibly bringing in people who cannot move forward with us will only backfire.”
He continued, “There is no one in our party who can take responsibility for leading Han’s return. Who would do it? If Chairman Jang were the one to do it, wouldn’t the party leadership collapse?”
Park said, “I don’t think the current situation is the time for Han to return to the party,” and predicted that it would be difficult for Han to return before next year’s party convention.
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