Kim Min-seok, to Choo Mi-ae's criticism of Kim Ji-yong, "You need to focus on your role"

Shincheonji confirms membership of a significant group… ‘30,000’ number “inaccurate”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jeong-jin = Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 14th, targeting Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae, "I think it is better to focus and do things accurately according to each person's situation and role."

On this day, Representative Kim appeared on the Democratic Party's YouTube broadcast 'Minty 07' and expressed this position in response to Governor Chu's repeated criticism of Kim Ji-yong, candidate for the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, as a 'prosecutor Yoon' during the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province the previous day.

Representative Kim pointed out, "In the beginning, he said, 'It is not appropriate for the governor to respond to that issue,' and 'I will focus on provincial government,' but later he gave such answers to successive questions," and added, "I think it would have been common and more appropriate to maintain the tone of the initial answer."

He continued, "There is a hearing for (Candidate Kim) today, so it is right that the matter be sufficiently addressed by those in charge of the hearing," and added, "I think it is better to refrain from mentioning those who do not need to mention more."

Regarding the suspicion of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji) members joining the party, he said, "(As a result of the investigation by the Party Membership Maintenance Task Force), it was confirmed that there was a significant degree of group membership, and we also accumulated quite a few meaningful testimonies."

He also said, “There are testimonies” regarding the systematic intervention of Shincheonji members in primary elections.

Representative Kim said that these results were recently reported to the Supreme Committee, and explained, "We have not yet gone through discussion or verification," and that after going through the process of discussion and verification, we will discuss whether to disclose them to the National Assembly and request an investigation.

However, regarding the media report that the number of Shincheonji church members was at least 30,000, they drew a line, saying, "This was an estimate made using a verifiable method, but what was reported is not accurate."

Regarding the concerns raised by some within the party about the investigation into this suspicion, Representative Kim said, "I will do this with the entire party in mind," and added, "As it is a sensitive issue, I will do it very cautiously and cautiously."

Regarding the issue of dual party affiliation, he added, "I understand that one of the party's lawmakers who is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI) has proposed a bill to adopt a method to technically filter out (dual party affiliation) with dual party affiliation in mind," and added, "Such issues need to be sorted out one by one."