The Political Law Proven by Han Myeong-hoe and Lee Jae-myung?

[Choice Times=Dong-Won Park, CEO of PolyCom (Election Consulting Firm)]

The reality of the People Power Party today is that a political novice becomes the emergency committee chair, someone with only three years in politics becomes the party leader, and a politician with just two years of experience runs for a metropolitan governor’s post. In the past, such things would have been unimaginable.

Unable to look far ahead and reform the party, they are constantly putting forward new faces in the name of “showing new politics” because of immediate urgency. As a result, the party has lost experience and gravitas. It has become a lightweight party that scatters at the slightest breath.

Gyeongsangnam-do gubernatorial candidate Kim Kyung-soo has been involved in politics for 24 years, dating back to the Roh Moo-hyun era in 2002.
Gangwon gubernatorial candidate Woo Sang-ho has spent 22 years in politics, serving four terms since the 17th National Assembly in 2004.
Busan mayoral candidate Jeon Jae-soo has a 26-year political career, beginning as an aide in 2000 and later serving three terms in the Assembly.
Seoul mayoral candidate Jeong Won-oh has been active in politics for 31 years since first running in the 1995 local elections and has served three terms.
Incheon mayoral candidate Park Chan-dae has served three terms since entering the National Assembly in the 2016 general election, giving him a decade of experience.

In the Democratic Party, politicians accumulate diverse experience and emerge as metropolitan leaders, using that stage to rise as potential presidential contenders. In contrast, the People Power Party is represented by lawyers with impressive academic credentials but only two or three years of political experience.

Of course, the Democratic Party is also largely dominated by the so-called “86 generation.” Still, they have spent 20 to 30 years in politics, acquiring seasoned judgment and learning how public sentiment moves.

Han Myeong-hoe, once a failed gravekeeper in the past and someone with little talent for academic study, was able to become one of the most powerful figures in the history of the Joseon Dynasty because he rolled around at the bottom of society and learned the logic of the world and the art of thinking against the grain.

Those who have spent their entire lives studying at desks, following predetermined paths for advancement, and filling their heads with legal knowledge alone—people packed with nothing but a “legal mind”—now lead the party. How could they possibly read the public mood?

Look at Lee Jae-myung, who rolled through life in rough ways. Whatever happens later, he certainly knows how to play politics well.

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