Former Vice Director Kim Yong publicly criticizes Representative Jung Chung-rae's assessment of the local elections

Kim Yong, former deputy director of the Democratic Research Institute, who is known as a close aide to President Lee Jaemyung, publicly criticized Democratic Party leader Jeong Cheongrae's method of evaluating the June 3 local elections on the 6th. Kim said on Facebook that the view of this election as only a "nationwide victory" is far from public sentiment, and argued that defeats in important regions, such as the failure to retake the Seoul mayoralty, must be viewed soberly. He said the election results should not be summarized only as a white paper or a system problem, and added that the party leadership must directly take responsibility for the strategic failure. He also strongly criticized the election of some opposition figures, calling it a political setback.