Former Chairman Woo Won-sik's declaration that he will not run serves as an opportunity to clearly expose the true face of the factional conflict currently facing the Democratic Party. He mentioned former President Kim Dae-jung's spirit of a party for the common people and former President Roh Moo-hyun's dream of a national party, and asked a fundamental question whether the current form of the party matches those values. In particular, during the party leadership competition, he used unspeakable derogatory terms towards his colleagues and expressed deep shame over his current behavior, which was only focused on putting a dent in his opponents. This goes beyond a simple emotional outpouring and is interpreted as a sharp diagnosis from a senior politician that the party's identity is being shaken. Chairman Woo emphasized that these wasteful conflicts are ultimately self-harming actions that undermine the future of the party, and strongly ordered party candidates to face reality.

This national convention is forming a complex structure, with rumors of incumbent Representative Chung Cheong-rae running for a second term and potential candidacy by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok and Rep. Song Young-gil. Former Chairman Woo Won-sik has been classified as a strong candidate for the party leadership, but he has made it clear that he will not participate in this heated competition structure by not running. His departure is expected to act as a brake on the intensifying emotional battle between Representative Chung Cheong-rae and Prime Minister Kim Min-seok's supporters in some parts of the political world. As tensions between the party's mainstream and non-mainstream factions, or between the current leadership and potential challengers, are increasing, the non-election of senior figures implies a critical view of the party's operating principles. In the end, Chairman Woo's decision reorganizes the landscape of party power competition and is also acting as pressure to shift from a factional confrontation to a competition centered on policy and vision.

Another key point pointed out by Chairman Woo is ‘disappearance of people’s livelihood’ and ‘warning about local elections’. He criticized that the people's livelihood is changing without a single day off, but the Democratic Party's clock is actually stopped by internal strife. His consistent argument is that if the party fails to properly read the stern warnings sent by the people in the last local elections, the future of the party is uncertain. In the past, the Democratic Party achieved an overwhelming victory when it overcame small differences and came together as one, but it has a history of drinking the bitter cup of defeat when it was divided and divided within itself. Chairman Woo reminds us of these historical lessons and is concerned that the current conflict will become a vicious cycle that will cause the party to shrink again. This is a political aphorism that current party leaders and prospective candidates must remember painfully.

This message from former Chairman Woo Won-sik takes on even more weight at a time when differences of opinion surrounding the party-government relationship and the operating principles within the party have surfaced. Criticism that the Democratic Party is neglecting its original role by being buried in internal fights, rather than representing the people who are suffering under the Yoon Seok-yeol government, is gaining sympathy both inside and outside the party. He made it clear that the path the party should take is not to have a convention that creates hurt and division, but to restore a larger and more unified Democratic Party. By declaring that he would not run, he set aside the expectations around him that he should ‘maintain the center of the party’ and instead chose the greater value that ‘everyone should reflect’. This is a demand for political responsibility from party leadership challengers, and is seen as a strong appeal to party members to end the politics of division.