Three top members of the pro-Blue faction, to 'Choi Inspection', "Kim Min-seok's actions are subject to inspection"

'Group action at the conference' after the top official did not attend... “Inspection as if waiting, attempt to change frame”

All-out offensive with the ‘flag of reform’… “Investigation into Shincheonji, killing Jeong Cheong-rae, targeted investigation”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Jae-ha and Oh Gyu-jin = When Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, ordered an ethics inspection of Supreme Council member Choi Min-hee, who became controversial by saying, "President Lee Jae-myung opposed the impeachment of former President Yoon Seok-yeol when he was the leader of the party," three supreme council members of the pro-Blue Party, including Supreme Council member Choi, took collective action and criticized Representative Kim.

Supreme Council members Choi Min-hee, Lee Seong-yoon, and Han Min-soo did not attend the party's highest meeting held at the main office of the National Assembly on this day, and visited the National Assembly communication officer, listing actions such as ordering an inspection, responding to suspicions of Shincheonji, and responding to the issue of real estate tax reform, and criticized Representative Kim, saying, "CEO Kim Min-seok's party management is just like raising dust in the eyes of others without seeing the beam in my own eyes."

In the press conference, they mentioned once again that the party's investigation confirmed that the suspicion of an 'anti-myeong, schismatic, and Shincheonji tripartite alliance' raised by Representative Kim during the National Convention was confirmed to have 'no evidence' and claimed, "One item in the (results) report was an item related to former Representative Jeong and Shincheonji. This raises doubts as to whether the original goal was to kill competitors at the National Convention."

He continued, "Ultimately, the pro-Seok (pro-Kim Min-seok) faction is trying to use the power of the media to sway public opinion as if former leader Jeong was aiming for the right to be nominated and inciting a fight," and added, "CEO Kim should respond to the demand to warn against the words and actions of key party officials who are secondary perpetrators with fake news and to monitor suspicions that the party investigation is an illegal targeted investigation against former leader Jeong."

They also claimed that Representative Kim was lenient on the problematic words and actions of himself and party officials, and said, "He ordered an ethics inspection of his fellow Supreme Council members as if he had been waiting and did not ask about the context in advance. The ethics inspection order directed at Supreme Commissioner Choi is clearly nothing more than a malicious attempt to change the frame to change the direction of public opinion."

At the same time, he said, "Even though no one asked him to, he raised suspicions of anti-Semitism (anti-myeong, schismatic, and Shincheonji tripartite alliance) and single-handedly amplified them, putting the party in confusion and crisis and splitting the party members in half." He added, "It is CEO Kim who committed the biggest act. He is the subject of an ethics inspection now."

They also pledged to carry out a drive to reform the party in the future.

The day before, CEO Kim ordered an ethics inspection of Supreme Council member Choi.

This was after a media report emerged that Supreme Council member Choi made a remark at a private meeting held in the district last month to the effect that “President Lee Jae-myung opposed the impeachment of former President Yoon when he was the party leader.”

Accordingly, Supreme Council member Choi explained again at a separate press conference that day, "The President consistently insisted on and carried out the impeachment of Yoon Seok-yeol after the civil war on December 3, 2024," and "It seems there was some confusion during the Q&A process."