Democratic Party Gwangju Branch Fully Suspends Election Campaign to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Party of the Democratic Party of Korea (Chairman Song Gap-seok) announced on the 24th that it has decided to completely suspend election campaigning in accordance with the government's escalation of the COVID-19 crisis alert to the 'serious' level and the guidelines from the Democratic Party's central party.

Preliminary candidates belonging to the Democratic Party's Gwangju City Party for the 21st general election will suspend all election campaigns except for non-face-to-face campaigns such as SNS promotion and phone calls, following the directive to fully halt election activities.

Song Gap-seok, chairman of the Democratic Party's Gwangju City Party, said, "Although it is the primary election period to select candidates for the 21st general election, the Democratic Party has decided to completely suspend election campaigning based on the principle that there is no value more important than the safety of the people," adding, "The response in the coming days is expected to be a critical turning point in the spread of COVID-19, and I believe the Democratic Party's preliminary candidates in the Gwangju region share the same sentiment."

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party's Gwangju City Party proactively responded by urging preliminary candidates for the Gwangju general election to stop face-to-face contact such as visiting stores or shaking hands with voters, and postponing large-scale events such as opening ceremonies or campaign committee launch events, due to concerns about the local spread of the COVID-19 virus on the 31st of last month.

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