Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo: ``The responsibility for defeat must be taken by the top...We must not cut off our tails.'' - South Korea

Hong Jun-pyo, the mayor of Daegu, said on the 14th that the People's Power (ruling party) was defeated in the by-election for the mayor of Gangseo-gu, Seoul, saying, ``The responsibility for the defeat must be taken by the top.''
” he said. Mayor Hong criticized him in a Facebook post on the same day, saying, ``Holding subordinates accountable and cutting their tails off is something that top leaders should not do.''
Mayor Hong said, ``Even though the people have impeached their leadership, saying that it would be difficult for them to contest the general election, is the target of the reform even qualified to be the main body of the reform?
I want you to act accordingly. That is the path for the party and the country." He continued, ``Looking outside the party, there are fine people who independently recognized the party and led the party in the general election without interference from Yongsan.
There is. "Now, due to the inherent limitations of the leadership, there is a strong possibility that they will ``fly with their stamps'' again as they approach the general election." Mayor Hong said, ``This is a general election that will determine the fate of the government and the country.
And you have to deal with it calmly. "Without drastic changes, the general election will be tough."