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, ‘Mayor Hong Jun-pyo of Daegu responded to rumors about Han Dong-hoon, former emergency planning committee chairman of the People Power Party, running for the party’s leadership election today (16th), stating, “Can a party that failed to win the general elections again without any promising candidates expect a future with someone who messed up another election?”‘,
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, ‘In his Facebook post today, Mayor Hong expressed, “Are we going to once again engage in politics under someone who turned us into hell under Moon Jae-in’s puppet?”‘,
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, ‘He also emphasized, “My support for Yoon (Yoon Suk-yeol, the President) is not because of his policies but to prevent a recurrence of the 2017 crisis (impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye)” and urged, “Let’s be ashamed and fulfill our roles.”‘,
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, ‘Furthermore, he stressed, “If I succeed in the election, it’s because I did well, but if I fail, it’s because I didn’t do well. Let’s spend each day acting like a member of the National Assembly, like a politician.”‘,
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, ‘Mayor Hong mentioned the 2017 impeachment of former President Park and the investigation into the government’s corruption by the Moon Jae-in administration, questioning, “Is there a law preventing such a situation from happening again?” He also added, “Are we going to handle the chaotic June National Assembly with the cowardly idea of blaming only Yoon for it?”‘,
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, ‘(Photo=Hong Jun-pyo Facebook Capture, Yonhap News)\n’]