Many people outside politics believed that being able to squeeze into the president's inner circle and become a member of the "President's Faction" was something deeply meaningful.
In reality, that was not the case. Every president carried a strong personal political imprint. Once someone was branded as part of the "President's Faction," their future development would become somewhat difficult.
This involved many issues: political concerns, stances, factions, teams...
The Progressive Party was not completely united, either. It was divided into several factions. The "President's Faction" was indeed becoming popular now, but what about the future?
Once the president retired, what would happen to the people left behind? After taking office, the successor's most correct move was to attack the former president's mistakes, even launching attacks without needing any definite reason. This had practically become an ideologically correct course of action.
Just like the current president. As soon as he took office, he frenziedly attacked the Former President's political platform and governing philosophy, suppressing the "conservatism" that people had once highly approved of and turning it into "escapism."
He portrayed rapid social development as "ignoring the dangers beneath economic growth in pursuit of better-looking reports."
There were even more accusations like "lying." The Former President had said he would complete the Education Reform, but in reality, he had failed.
The Former President had said he would improve the welfare and benefits of the Working Class, but he had only completed a small portion of it.
There would always be some mistakes during an eight-year administration. Those mistakes would be magnified and then turned into ammunition for the successor.
So much so that, in the eyes of people today, they had been deceived by the Former President for six years! He could do this, and the successors who came after him could