Former Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo said on the 29th, targeting the People Power Party, "Don't blame me. Don't blame Lee Jun-seok either."

On the day early voting began, regarding the failure to unify the presidential candidates Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party and Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party, he said, "That's because you made the wrong choice."

On the afternoon of the 29th, Hong Joon-pyo of the People Power Party waits for the results at the People Power Party's central headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, announcing the candidates advancing to the 3rd primary of the 21st presidential election. /Courtesy of News1

He criticized further, saying, "One person was driven out by ridiculous scheming, and another was pushed out by envy and jealousy through two fraudulent primaries. How can a public party do such a thing?"

Former Mayor Hong also added, "This is all your own doing. Even on the day of the second impeachment, there was a chance to survive, but you ruined even that with your own greed. Don't blame anyone and prepare for the coming Ice Age."

He also said, "I survived during the Park Geun-hye impeachment, but this time it will be hard to survive."

The night before, candidate Kim Moon-soo visited candidate Lee Jun-seok's office in the National Assembly, but the meeting did not take place.

Kweon Seong-dong, the floor leader of the People Power Party (co-chair of the election committee), apologized for the noise surrounding the primaries on the 28th and urged, "Mr. Hong Joon-pyo also needs to return and support candidate Kim Moon-soo."

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