The president's office said on the 17th, "I express my regret for betraying my faith," regarding a media interview with Jang Dong-hyuk, the representative of People's Power.
According to an interview article on the day, Representative Jang targeted President Lee and said, "We are talking about a story that is different from the content (from the solo meeting)," adding, "I don't know who should express that he was deceived." Representative Jang said, "President Lee has changed his content and essence," as if President Lee had said something different from what he is saying externally about the Civil War Tribunal during his solo meeting.
In a phone call with Kyunghyang Shinmun on the same day, a key official in the president's office recalled the separate meeting between President Lee and Representative Jang, which took place shortly after the luncheon meeting between Lee and the ruling and opposition parties on the 8th, and said, "We met openly because we decided to keep the conversation private, and mentioning the conversation we had at that meeting in the interview like this was like this during the private meeting broke the trust between politicians." The official said, "Representative Jang attracted a private meeting with the president to make his political remarks," adding, "I express regret."
Earlier, at the press conference on July 3rd, President Lee said about the regularization of the summit meeting between the two leaders, "If you take some of them off and use them as the subject of attack, it will be difficult to meet them next time." President Lee said in a press conference, "Everyone needs an agreement (that we will not disclose them to the outside world)," and added, "I hope we will have many informal and private meetings, or official and private meetings, while keeping each other well."
The remarks were interpreted as aimed at Kim Yong-tae, then chairman of the People's Power Emergency Response Committee, meeting with reporters at the National Assembly and mentioning the conversations he had at a private meeting with President Lee.
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They keep repeating this kind of behavior, so will anyone really have a one-on-one meeting with them next time?
Their mayfly-like actions are all exactly the same.
Whether it’s those in the so-called “Insubordination Party” or those who left to use the name “Reform New Party,”
they exploit information that only an opponent could know in order to deceive the people.
These individuals fundamentally lack the basic qualities required of politicians.
That is why I say they must be driven out of politics.
Because they continue to show themselves as utterly incorrigible.
Let’s please weed out these unqualified politicians through our votes.