Yang Hyang-ja, the national power, "won a landslide victory in the current election"... Inside the party, “We must be humble”

The New Reform Party also criticized, “Are the people of Gyeonggi Province that easy?”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hyeon and Cho Daun = While the words and actions of Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae of the Democratic Party of Korea have continued to be controversial, criticism was raised within the party on the 21st that it was inappropriate when People Power Party Supreme Council member Yang Hyang-ja made a statement predicting a landslide victory in the general election in Gyeonggi Province.

Supreme Commissioner Yang appeared on MBC Radio the day before and said, "Gyeonggi-do has 60 seats, and if elections were held now, I think we would win at least 45 seats. I am confident that we will win all of the southern Gyeonggi belt. I think we will win by a landslide."

When a report about the remark was shared in the Telegram group chat room they are members of, People Power Party lawmakers reacted by saying, "We should not pour cold water on the party's upward trend" (Rep. Cho Jeong-hoon), "If you put too much pressure on your shoulders, you neither give nor receive what you have to give" (Rep. Lee Sang-hwi), and "Let's be humble and self-respect" (Rep. Song Eon-seok).

In the Telegram room, Rep. Yoo Young-ha compared Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae, who was criticized by the public for making the so-called 'firefighting finance straw' remark, and said, "She has a light mouth comparable to Choo Mi-ae."

In a phone call with Yonhap News, a party leadership official said, "It is a very inappropriate remark given the serious circumstances. I don't know on what basis such an estimate was calculated, but it is an act for a member of the party leadership to make such a remark at a time when one should be humble and humble."

Meanwhile, Lee Ki-in, chairman of the New Reform Party's Emergency Response Committee, also pointed out on Facebook, "Even in 2012, when Emergency Committee Chairman Park Geun-hye led the general election and secured a single majority nationwide, Saenuri Party's Gyeonggi seats were 21 out of 52," and "What on earth has changed in the People Power Party now that makes them confident of 45 seats?"

He added, “Just because there are many people who are angry at the mismanagement of the Lee Jae-myung administration and the Democratic Party, that anger does not all become an asset for the People Power Party,” adding, “Are the people of Gyeonggi-do that easy?”