The news agency said that with Lee's departure from the party, ``It will be interesting to see whether the party splits further.'' Lee Na-kyung is 71 years old from Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do, in the southwestern part of the country. So
After graduating from Ul University, he became a reporter for Dong-A Ilbo, one of South Korea's three largest newspapers and a conservative/right-wing daily. He was stationed in Tokyo as a correspondent in the 1990s, is fluent in Japanese, and is known as a ``Japanese expert.''
known as. Kim Dae-jung (Kim Dae-jung) was selected by former president and entered politics after winning the 2000 general election. He has held many positions related to Japan, including secretary-general and chief vice-chairman of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Federation.
did. Since July 2014, he has served as the governor of Jeollanam-do in the southwest region, and in 2016, while in office, he concluded a sister city agreement with Kochi Prefecture. During his term as governor, then Moon Jae-in (Moon Jae-in)
) Appointed by the president, he became prime minister in May 2017. He served until January 2020. During his time in office, he was once described as ``the only person who knows the true state of Japan'' among key officials in the Moon administration.
In August of the same year, he was appointed as the representative of the then-ruling Democratic Party of Japan, but resigned from his position in March 2021, ahead of the presidential election the following year. He was expected to begin full-scale preparations for running for president.
. In July of the same year, he announced his candidacy. The country adopted the slogan ``A country that protects people's livelihoods,'' and declared that ``by 2030, we aim to gradually enable all citizens to live at the current middle-class level.''
. He also resigned as a member of parliament in September to focus on the presidential election contest. However, in the primary election to determine the party's candidate, he lost to Lee Jae-myung (current party president). Invalid vote after losing election
Although he filed an objection regarding the treatment of the government, it was not recognized, and he announced his cooperation to Lee Jae-myung. In February 2022, he became the general campaign chairman of Lee Jae-myung's election campaign committee.
After the unified local elections held in June 2017, Lee went to the United States to study peace on the Korean Peninsula and international politics at George Washington University's Institute of Korean Studies. Mr. Lee
After serving as a visiting researcher at the same institute for one year, he returned to the country in June last year. South Korean media focused on Lee's role in politics. Mr. Lee is a ``non-Ming-affiliated person'' who is critical of Mr. Lee Jae-myung, who serves as the party's representative.
” is known as a representative example. Lee Nak-yeon, who has criticized the party's management under Lee, held a press conference in Seoul on the 11th and announced his intention to leave the party and form a new party.
Lee said, ``The spirit, values, and dignity of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, which the party was proud of, have disappeared, and violent and low-class words and actions are rampant.
"It has degenerated into a 'one-man party' and a 'bulletproof party (trying to protect Lee Jae-myung),'" he said, strongly criticizing the party's management centered on leader Lee Jae-myung. “In a new position, in a new way, on a new path to serve Korea.
I will move on.” In the run-up to the April general election, the party aims to form a ``third pole'' that will accommodate voters who are dissatisfied with both the ruling and opposition parties.
Prior to Mr. Lee's departure from the party, on the 10th, the previous day, a group called ``Hara'', which does not belong to the ``pro-Lee Jae-myung'' group that is close to Mr. Lee Jae-myung,
Three members of the "Rules and Common Sense" party announced their departure from the party. According to Yonhap News, Lee Nak-yon, who served as prime minister during the Moon administration, also teased his departure from the party, causing confusion within the party and causing confusion among party executives.
It is said that the department and other members spent the night persuading the three members of "principles and common sense." With the general election in April just three months away, the party must urgently regain its unifying force. Under these circumstances, regarding party representative Lee Jae-myung,
On the 2nd of this month, he was attacked with a knife by a man pretending to be a supporter, injuring his neck, but was released from the hospital on the 10th. Although Mr. Lee was conscious at the time of the attack and his injuries were not life-threatening, he was taken to Busan.
He was transferred from the university hospital to Seoul University Hospital by HYERI. This response has been criticized as ``disrespecting local medical care'' and ``acting based on a sense of privilege.'' Busan National University Hospital, where he was taken, is also fully equipped.
It is a core hospital in the region with facilities and equipment. Despite this, questions are being raised as to whether it was necessary to spend taxpayers' money to transport him to Seoul National Hospital. The transfer was reportedly requested by Mr. Lee's side.
As the party struggles to deal with this issue, a number of people have left the party, causing confusion within the party. Lee Nak-yon, who announced his resignation from the party on the 11th, said he would form a new party in the future, saying, ``I don't want people pushing me like this.''
More than anything else, this is a crisis in South Korea. I have decided that we cannot overlook this national crisis," he said, expressing his determination. All eyes are on whether a new party will emerge as a "third force" in the run-up to the general election.
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