Jung Chung-rae, former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 5th on Facebook that he "lived trapped in a prison of words while serving as party leader."
Jung wrote this in a post titled "I came to Beomeosa Temple in Busan" on Facebook that day.
Jung said, "I came to Beomeosa, a thousand-year-old temple nestled on Geumjeongsan in Busan, and I am leaving after hearing good words from Head Monk Jeongyeo." He added, "He gave me the precious teaching of 'Gamin-dae (堪忍待)'—endure, be patient, and wait. The higher you rise, the easier it is to be criticized and slandered, so he told me to endure and bear it well."
Jung wrote, "Would you believe that while serving as party leader, I, who like to speak candidly like cider, held back my words and lived trapped in a prison of words?" He also wrote, "Someday they will understand—if not, what can you do. There have been many unfair things, unspeakable circumstances, and many things to agonize over for a lifetime. I cannot bare my pent-up feelings... whew~."
Jung said he would "walk the right and proper path," adding, "If we devote ourselves to the path of popular sovereignty and party member sovereignty, the path of unity and solidarity, and the path of prosecution reform, won't the door open at the end to the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration and the regaining of power?"