Cho Gap-je: "Dim-witted far right is food for the cunning far left"
Cho Gap-je, head of Cho Gap-je Dotcom, took direct aim at the party leadership on the 9th, saying of a protest rally attended by People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk and other officials that "with faces like these, even rising from the dead, they cannot beat a Democratic Party government." Cho posted photos on his social media of the party leadership—including PPP leader Jang Dong-hyuk, floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik, and Supreme Council member Kim Min-su—attending a rally denouncing the 'Manipulated Indictment Special Prosecutor Act' near Gyeongbokgung Station in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 7th, along with a post to that effect. In the published photo, Jang was holding a placard reading "Gracefully resume the trials."
Cho stated that "the faction holding power in the People Power Party, which the Democratic Party considers a strategic asset of its own, along with the election-fraud conspiracy camp, has no right even to attack the Democratic Party," adding that "agitation for nationwide re-elections and agitation for a manipulated-indictment special prosecutor are the same in that they both attack the foundations of the Democratic republic." He argued that "the far right and far left are in fact alike in their insolence of destroying constitutional common sense," and went on to say, "For conservatives to win the 2028 general election, these people must not be visible." He continued, "Once you fall into conspiracy theories, you no longer need to reflect on yourself, and the party nominates 'Yeopo in the corner of the room' types with no competitiveness in the main contest."
The People Power Party leadership pushed back after the 'Manipulated Indictment Special Prosecutor Act'—intended to investigate suspicions of whether the Prosecution Service, National Intelligence Service, and Board of Audit and Inspection conducted manipulated investigations and indictments under the Yoon Suk-yeol government—passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 6th, led by the Democratic Party. Following an outdoor rally on the 7th, the leadership has been escalating its response, holding an on-site Supreme Council meeting in front of the Cheong Wa Dae fountain in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 9th.
