Na Kyung-won, a member of the People Power Party who declared her candidacy for the presidential election, said on the 15th, "I will not surrender, even if I have to enter a drum barrel."
On that day, Na posted a photo on Instagram of herself holding a sign with this message while sitting inside a drum barrel.
Na stated, "In a reality where movies cannot be viewed as just movies, many citizens are trembling in fear of 'drum barrel politics' and I will correct this abnormal society where one must risk their life to raise the voice for truth." He added, "Don't think that burying one person in a drum barrel will bury the truth as well," and said, "I will absolutely not surrender, even if I have to enter a drum barrel."
Na declared, "I will protect the Republic of Korea until the end." Meanwhile, he used the hashtags "Na Kyung-won" and "Until the end, Republic of Korea."
In the 2013 film "Shinsegae," there is a scene where a person is placed in a drum barrel to be threatened, which is interpreted as the basis for her expression "I will not surrender, even if I have to enter a drum barrel."
There are speculations that while Na did not directly mention Lee Jae-myung, the former leader of the Democratic Party, she indirectly criticized him as he emerged as a candidate for the Democratic Party.