Rhyu Si-min: "Supporters Wanted an Extension, But President Lee Wanted Reconstruction... He Was Overconfident"

Writer Rhyu Si-min, a prominent commentator for the pan-liberal bloc, remarked that President Lee Jae-myung appeared to be "overconfident" in his efforts to expand his base toward moderates and conservatives by emphasizing a stance of inclusion and integration.
In an episode of the YouTube channel 'Das Boeida' released yesterday (June 26), Rhyu pointed out, "Among the vocabulary President Lee frequently uses are 'President for all' and inclusion and integration."
He explained, "What the people who passionately protected and supported President Lee during his path to the presidency wanted was an extension of the existing structure. It seems the President wanted to perform a reconstruction."
He continued, "Everyone was okay with adding another floor to a three-story house, or moving toward the moderate-conservative side. But to carry out the reconstruction (that President Lee wanted), you have to tear down the existing building."
He then argued, "(In this process), he deployed demolition experts into the critical public sphere. They attacked the normal cells of the core support base, the democratic reform camp."
Rhyu stated, "Immune cells should attack and defeat bacteria or viruses coming from the outside, but for about a year, they have been attacking their own normal cells. I diagnose that this has resulted in a metabolic disorder."
This is interpreted as an indirect criticism of groups that use derogatory terms to attack the old guard of the Democratic Party, specifically the pro-Roh (pro-Roh Moo-hyun) and pro-Moon (pro-Moon Jae-in) factions.
Furthermore, Rhyu mentioned, "This behavior of slandering a former president has been going on openly both inside and outside the party for over six months, yet no one has stepped up to directly confront (and criticize) it. There is a saying called 'Moon-kka-san-jeom,' which means you get bonus points for criticizing Moon Jae-in (former president)."
He also argued, "Look at what is happening in the Democratic Party right now. It is almost similar to what happened in the People Power Party (during the Yoon Suk Yeol administration), when (lawmakers) circulated a joint petition saying 'Na Kyung-won should not run' (in the party convention)."
He then asked rhetorically, "How is that any different from the threats made toward Ahn Cheol-soo, saying 'if you do nothing, nothing will happen'?"
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