Choi Young-ho: "Yoon Young-duk Preliminary Candidate Must Withdraw and Apologize Humbly"
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Choi Young-ho, former Democratic Party preliminary candidate for Dong-Nam-gu (Gap), Gwangju Metropolitan City, urged Yoon Young-duk, a preliminary candidate, to “immediately resign if there is any fact of sending emails by Mr. A related to the spread of false information about Shincheonji, and sending press releases based on this via text messages or SNS.”
Former candidate Choi held a press conference at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council on the 19th and stated, “All kinds of illegal election activities were carried out in the Democratic Party primary election for Dongnam (Gap), Gwangju.”
He said, “The illegal election campaign conducted by candidate Yoon during the primary election held from the 3rd to the 5th is an unprecedented criminal act that used the national crisis of COVID-19 and the Shincheonji connection theory,” and “Right before the primary, they maliciously and vilely spread false information that I, a devout Catholic, am colluding with Shincheonji.”
He continued, “Candidate Yoon’s side has been eager to link the commendation plaque given by the Nam-gu Office of Gwangju to the Shincheonji Volunteer Group in January 2018 under the name of the Nam-gu Mayor to Shincheonji and to exaggerate this,” and “The Gwangju City Election Commission also reported two people, including a Chinese national Mr. B, to the prosecution on charges of publicizing such false information.”
Former candidate Choi emphasized, “Moreover, there are signs that an individual who initially considered running in the general election used an illegal party member list recruited by mobilizing Gwangju City Hall officials and employees of affiliated organizations during this primary election,” and “The truth must be uncovered through a thorough investigation.”
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He added, “If candidate Yoon’s side is confident about the illegal election activities during this primary, they should sincerely cooperate with the investigation by the authorities,” and “There is absolutely no political future for a traditional political newcomer who emphasizes freshness and cleanliness with words but commits all kinds of illegal acts in actual elections.”
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