Representative Son Geum-ju Registers as Naju·Hwasun Preliminary Candidate... Challenges for Reelection

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] National Assembly member Son Geum-ju officially declared her candidacy for the 21st general election.

Son Geum-ju, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (Jeonnam Naju·Hwasun, National Assembly Budget and Accounts Special Committee, Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, and Maritime Affairs Committee), announced on the 6th that she completed the preliminary candidate registration for the April 15 general election in Naju City and Hwasun County, Jeonnam, on the 5th.

In her declaration of candidacy, Son Geum-ju said, “Over the past four years, Naju and Hwasun have undergone innovative development as centers of energy, vaccine industries, culture, and tourism. The only person who can firmly complete large-scale national projects and create a continuously advancing Naju and Hwasun with greater development is Son Geum-ju, a powerful ruling party re-elected National Assembly member and incumbent lawmaker.” She added, “Naju and Hwasun also need a powerful senior lawmaker. I will look toward the distant future with the next generation in mind and transform Naju and Hwasun through clean and youthful politics.”

Son emphasized that although she has achieved many results such as ▲securing 1.374454 trillion won in national funds over four years ▲selection of 138.98 billion won for rural development projects and urban regeneration New Deal projects ▲enforcement of suspension of trial operation and regular inspection of the SRF power plant ▲selection of Naju Energy Convergence Zone and Regulatory Free Zone ▲attracting Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) University ▲establishment of Energy-ICT Convergence Knowledge Industry Center, industrial high-voltage direct current equipment performance testing infrastructure, and VRAR production support center ▲Microbial Demonstration Support Center ▲vaccine global commercialization infrastructure ▲National Vaccine Productization Technology Support Center ▲construction of Jeonnam National University Hospital education complex building and parking lot, visible effects and greater development require “uninterrupted project promotion” by the person who attracted these projects.

In particular, she pledged to make every effort to resolve essential issues for Naju and Hwasun, such as promoting the LNG conversion of the Naju SRF power plant, the normal opening of KEPCO University in 2022, attracting Innovation City Season 2, completing Naju Energy Valley and Hwasun’s biotechnology and vaccine industry hub, and extending the Gyeongjeon Line and Gwangju Subway Line 2.

Son Geum-ju stated, “This general election is not only about creating momentum for the second half of the Moon Jae-in administration but also a very important election to select the right candidate who will lead the Democratic Party of Korea to victory in the 20th presidential election.” She urged, “As a barometer of public sentiment and mature political tendencies, the citizens of Naju and Hwasun should choose a candidate capable of breaking the privatization of power and division caused by specific political forces and leading clean political reform to make Naju and Hwasun the center of Korean politics.”

Meanwhile, Son Geum-ju was born in Naju, Jeonnam, and after serving as a judge at the Seoul Administrative Court, a National Legislation Officer at the Ministry of Government Legislation, and a member lawyer at the law firm ‘Yulchon,’ she was elected as a National Assembly member for Naju City and Hwasun County in the 20th general election. She served as the secretary of the National Assembly Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises Committee, chair of the bill subcommittee, a member of the National Assembly impeachment prosecution committee for former President Park Geun-hye, a member of the Budget and Accounts Special Committee, and a member of the Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, and Maritime Affairs Committee.

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