Hong Jun-pyo: ”I'm fed up with love calls from the ruling party and don't want to get close” - South Korea

Hong Jun-pyo, the former mayor of Daegu, who left the ruling party People Power Party and announced his retirement from politics, said, "I was asked to come back by a despicable group, but I've had enough of it.
On the 14th, former Mayor Hong said through the online platform “Youth Dream,” a channel for communicating with his supporters, “I want to cut ties with the party that has been impeached twice.
"I was able to turn things around the first time, but the second time, it was too much for me to handle, so I left the party," he continued. "I thought I would be criticized if I just left the party, so I didn't even consider retiring from politics.
"I left the party because it was a group that could never be rebuilt," he said.
"But I hope our country will become a stable place where left and right can coexist. I hope that new, orthodox conservatives will emerge in this country."
Meanwhile, former Mayor Hong, who announced his retirement from politics and is currently on a trip to Hawaii, is being treated by Lee Jae-myung (
He has also received love calls from Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Lee Jun-seok, the candidate of the New Reform Party.