
Interpretation of integration not only between the left and right, but also within the camp
It is known that the Blue House is considering appointing former Prime Minister Kim Boo-gyeom, a ruling party figure from Daegu and Gyeongbuk, as the successor to the recently resigned first Chairman of the National Integration Committee, Lee Seok-yeon.
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With Lee Seok-yeon, the first Chairman of the National Integration Committee, recently resigning, the Blue House is in the process of selecting a successor.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Seung-eun = It has been reported that former Prime Minister Kim Boo-gyeom, a ruling party figure from Daegu and Gyeongbuk (TK), is being considered as the successor to the recently resigned first Chairman of the National Integration Committee, Lee Seok-yeon.
On the 15th, a ruling party official said in a phone call with Yonhap News, "I understand that the Blue House recently offered former Prime Minister Kim the position of chairman of the National Unification Committee."
Considering the appointment of former Prime Minister Kim, a heavy-weight politician from TK, a representative representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, as the Chairman of the National Unity Committee, a position where he speaks bitterly to the President for the sake of national unity, is seen as a strategy to promote not only unity between the left and right camps, but also internal solidarity among the pan-ruling party camp, which has recently been making noise.
Former Prime Minister Kim, who served as Prime Minister under the Moon Jae-in administration, poured out bitter words toward former Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon, current President Kim Kyung-soo, special adviser for political affairs, and President Lee, who was the leader of the party, and was called the 'three Kims of the non-Lee Jae-myung faction' ahead of last year's presidential election.
Afterwards, during the presidential election period, as the chairman of the party's general campaign committee, he led President Lee's Daegu and Gyeongbuk elections together with former chairman Lee, who had worked in the conservative camp and was recruited as the party's joint campaign chairman.
Former Prime Minister Kim recently ran as a candidate for Daegu mayor in the June 3 local elections, but was defeated by incumbent Daegu Mayor Choo Kyung-ho.
Regarding former Prime Minister Kim's appointment as chairman of the National Unification Committee, a Blue House official said, "It is difficult to confirm personnel-related matters."

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