Charges against Cho Guk aimed at Democratic Party candidate for Geumjeong-gu Mayor election
“Kim Kyung-ji, failed to bear fruit despite two attempts”
Democratic Party: “Regret for distortion of facts… demands apology”,
Cho Guk (right), leader of the Cho Guk Reform Party, is preventing Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on March 5. Photo by Lim Se-jun,
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, ‘[Herald Economy=Reporter Yang Geun-hyuk] On the 13th, the Democratic Party criticized Cho Guk, the leader of the Cho Guk Reform Party, saying, “We deeply regret starting the by-election with negative remarks about a Democratic Party candidate.”‘,
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, ‘Hwang Myeong-seon, head of the Democratic Party’s 10.16 by-election support team, expressed in a statement on this day, “We demand a prompt and polite apology for attempting to tarnish Kim Kyung-ji, the candidate for Geumjeong in Busan, by distorting the facts that she ran for election twice and failed to bear fruit.”‘,
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, ‘Hwang criticized, “I understand that you have declared all-in for the by-election and are eager, but it is not good to first pick up an immoral behavior as a discipline target Democratic Party candidate and then launch a negative campaign.”‘,
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, ‘He said, “I hope you will reflect on your original intentions of taking on the self-assumed sinking line in the face of the opposition to the Yoon Suk-yeol regime by shouting ‘Gim Min-bi Jo’ (The constituency is Democratic Party and proportional representatives are Cho Guk Reform Party)” and emphasized, “Now is the time for the progressive forces to unite and focus on stopping the reckless rampage of the Yoon Suk-yeol dictatorship.”‘,
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, ‘Hwang said, “The Democratic Party will contest this election with policies and pledges to revitalize the livelihoods of Busan citizens and Geumjeong residents.”‘,
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, ‘The day before, Cho apologized at a field executive committee meeting held at Ryu Jae-seong’s campaign office in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, saying, “I am very sorry to say that (the Democratic Party’s) candidate Kim Kyung-ji ran for election twice before and failed to bear fruit.”‘,
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