Chapter 140 No Good People

Chapter 140 No Good People

Chapter 140 No Good People

Jiang Yiyu lowered his head slightly, as if he had sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Director Nan, Mr. Liu asked me to tell you that since the party group has made the final decision, then as a party representative, Ms. Park will naturally obey the decision of the party group. Therefore, in the general election in the next month, we will fully cooperate with the party group's action plan and do our best for Mr. Li's campaign."

Prior to this, the Grand National Party's leader was Miss Park, who was a tragic figure. Five years ago, in 5, Lee Hui-chang, then leader of the Grand National Party, competed with Roh Moo-hyun for the presidency.

Initially, Lee Huichang's support rate in the polls was very high, and his victory was almost a foregone conclusion. But unfortunately, at the last minute, a so-called "military service" case swept South Korea, and Lee Huichang's son was involved. The general situation was that his son used illegal means to escape military service.

In South Korea, a politician's son evading military service is a very serious scandal, and the incident was suspected to have been hyped up by progressives at the time. The manipulator behind the scenes was suspected to be Roh Moo-hyun, who was running for the presidency with Lee Hui-chang.

However, no matter who was behind the "Bingfeng" case, it is an ironclad fact that Li Huichang's son evaded military service. Therefore, despite having an advantage in the polls, he ultimately lost the election.

This incident made Lee Huichang so angry at the time that in his anger, he announced his withdrawal from politics regardless of the Grand National Party's initial defeat and the reality of unstable people's hearts, and finally even disappeared.

His outrageous actions almost brought down the entire Grand National Party. All the party veterans, the old members of the five communist parties, and even the young and tough factions in each party were at a loss and didn't know what to do.

At that time, seeing that the Grand National Party was about to collapse, the progressive forces that had already taken control of the country's political power began to take advantage of the situation to launch a siege against the Grand National Party. Soon after, someone reported that the Grand National Party had used illegal and unidentified funds during the previous presidential election, and then relevant agencies began to investigate the Grand National Party.

At that time, the entire Grand National Party was in a precarious situation. It was no longer a matter of people's hearts being unstable, but rather a situation in which people's minds were changing.

It was at that time that Miss Park, as a woman, stepped forward and took over the position of party representative, and began to actively respond to various external pressures. It was not until more than half a year later that the ruling party of President Roh Moo-hyun, the New Millennium Democratic Party, split, and 103 members left to form a new party, which directly led to the New Millennium Democratic Party's seats in the National Assembly dropped by 42 seats. The Grand National Party, as the largest opposition party, stabilized its decline and regained the initiative.

From this point of view, Miss Park has made great contributions to the Grand National Party, and the entire party group owes her a favor.

But what’s interesting is that as the Democratic Party split in the new millennium and the Grand National Party recovered from its decline, a new situation emerged within the party group.

First, Lee Hui-chang, who had previously announced his retirement from politics, returned and continued to serve as the leader of his party. With Lee Hui-chang's return, the contradictions that had been suppressed within the Grand National Party broke out again. The various factions within the party began to fight each other, and the struggle intensified.

The previous siege on party bigwigs such as Congressman Kong and Congressman Liu occurred under this situation. It can be said that the accusations and investigations of the two congressmen are just a concrete manifestation of the internal contradictions of the Grand National Party.

Just as the Grand National Party was in internal strife, Lee Min-bo, who had a deep chaebol background, began to stand out. After all, he had just stepped down as mayor of Seoul and still had a great advantage in personal political reputation. Coupled with a series of "financial offensives" behind him, his position in the Grand National Party quickly consolidated.

In this process, Miss Park, who had worked hard for the party for several years, was abandoned by the party so gorgeously. Although the reasons for this are very complicated, in the final analysis, the entire Grand National Party was indeed unfair in treating Miss Park.

But how can there be any fairness in politics? In fact, people who believe in fairness and pursue fairness should not enter the political circle, because this circle does not believe in the principle of fairness, but believes in the rule of the jungle.

Inside the pavilion, Jiang Yiyu stated Miss Park's position directly, but there were many intriguing aspects to his words.

In his speech, he emphasized the decision of the party group and Miss Park's identity as the party representative. That means that in future election campaigns, Miss Park will no longer stand against Lee Min-bok, but her support for Lee Min-bok is limited to her identity as the representative of the Grand National Party.

In other words, it is impossible for Lee Min-bo to use Miss Park's personal political resources during the election campaign.

Miss Park is a very special person in South Korean politics. Her personal political charm and political capital actually mostly come from the influence of her father.

To put it bluntly, her father who was killed by someone else was too powerful. The entire "post-war generation" in South Korea, that is, the generation born between the 1950s and 1970s, except for a few progressive supporters, were almost all fans of her father.

The reason why Miss Park has been able to form a unique force in South Korean politics in recent years is that she has made use of this capital. And no one should be jealous of her, because she can continue to make use of this capital until the post-war generation dies out. Therefore, if Miss Park's support for Lee Min-bo is limited to her identity as the leader of the Grand National Party, then it actually makes little difference whether she supports him or not.

"In addition," Jiang Yiyu continued before he finished speaking, "regardless of whether Mr. Lee can win the presidential election this time, four years later, all factions within the party, whether it is the elders, the Fifth Republic, or even Mr. Lee, must choose to support Representative Park's candidacy. Otherwise, Representative Park will choose to quit the party."

Ms. Park has many supporters in the Grand National Party, otherwise she would not be able to compete with Lee Min-bo. If Ms. Park really chooses to quit the party four years later, the situation faced by the Grand National Party will be even worse than that of the current Millennium Democratic Party.

"This is the advice Mr. Liu wanted me to convey to you before I came here," Jiang Yiyu said finally.

Nan Xuyu did not express his opinion directly. He picked up the wine glass in front of him, gestured slightly to the other party, then brought the glass to his lips and took a sip.

An Rushong waited for the two men to put down their wine glasses, and immediately filled their glasses with wine.

"Mr. Kong has always admired Representative Park's integrity," Nan Xuyu said after waiting for nearly half a minute. "In fact, what Representative Park proposed was also Mr. Kong's opinion. As you said, no matter what the result of this election is, in four years, Representative Park will be the only presidential candidate in the Grand National Party."

After a pause, he continued, "However, Mr. Kong can only represent his own position and cannot make decisions for others, so other relevant aspects must be discussed by Lawyer Liu himself. Of course, if there is anything that Councillor Kong needs to do during this process, Lawyer Liu can also raise it. Mr. Kong will not sit idly by."

Jiang Yiyu smiled and said, "Mr. Liu was right. He also believed that Mr. Kong would be fair."

At this point, he paused, then said, "Well, I wonder what Mr. Kong thinks of Party Leader Li's position?"

Party leader Lee does not refer to Lee Min-bok, but Lee Hui-chang, the guy who almost brought the Grand National Party to collapse. He is still the leader of the Grand National Party, but to be honest, no one in the entire party takes him seriously anymore. His willfulness has fundamentally ruined his own political future.

Today, the Grand National Party has not impeached him, on the one hand because he has made contributions to the Grand National Party, and based on the old relationship, no one dares to jump out and criticize him. On the other hand, there are too many messes in the party now, and they can't take care of him at all.

However, Lee does not think that he did anything wrong. Therefore, he is quite dissatisfied with the cold reception he received within the Grand National Party after his return. He has expressed his complaints in public several times.

Just a few days ago, as the news that Kim Kyung-joon gave up his appeal and prepared to return to South Korea was made public, it was as if Party Leader Lee had suddenly taken a rejuvenation elixir. He actually felt that he was able to recover and was ready to replace Lee Min-bo and participate in this presidential election.

This is not the most ridiculous thing. The most ridiculous thing is that Party Leader Lee publicly stated that if the Grand National Party’s caucus does not support him, he will choose to quit the party and run for election alone as an independent.

To outsiders, this incident may seem like a joke. No one believes that Lee Huichang can still get much support from the people. As mentioned before, his willfulness has ruined his political future - not only in the Grand National Party, but throughout South Korea.

"Mr. Kong has no opinion on whether Party Leader Li should stay or go," Nan Xuyu answered directly without even thinking, "If, of course, what we are discussing here is just if, which is a possibility."

"Who said it wasn't?" Jiang Yiyu spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Then, if Leader Lee really chooses to leave the Grand National Party and run for president as an independent," Nam Wook-woo continued, "then Mr. Kong will support Representative Park as the new leader of the caucus until Representative Park wins the next presidential election."

Sitting aside, An Rusong listened quietly to the conversation between the two. He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Lee Huichang's withdrawal from the party had become inevitable, and then, Miss Park would officially become the new leader of the Grand National Party.

(End of this chapter)