Peace and Human Rights Party that joined the Citizen Party: "Democratic Party worse than Abe... Will wage struggle against ruling party"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] The Gaja Peace and Human Rights Party, which had joined the Together Citizens Party, announced that it would launch a movement to overthrow the government and fight against the ruling party due to the disqualification of its candidate.

On the 23rd at 3 p.m., the Gaja Peace and Human Rights Party held a press conference at the Together Citizens Party headquarters, stating, "We selected Mr. Choi Yong-sang as the unified candidate for the forced labor party and submitted him to the (Together Citizens Party) nomination management committee, but he was notified as ineligible."

They said, "Mr. Choi, who has been involved in forced labor-related activities for over 15 years, was chosen as the unified candidate based on the opinion that he should enter the National Assembly and work on legislation to restore the rights of forced labor victims," adding, "The reason for disqualification given by the nomination committee was that Mr. Choi was photographed at events related to Park Geun-hye."

They continued, "Since this was not true, we requested an opportunity to clarify, and waited for several hours in front of the party headquarters from the 21st to the 22nd, but ultimately received notice only in writing that he was excluded from the proportional representation."

The Gaja Peace and Human Rights Party stated, "Our party declared at its founding that it would not engage in domestic politics but only work through NGO activities for the restoration and relief of forced labor victims' human rights, and has not participated in domestic politics until now," adding, "We did not want to participate from the beginning, but joined because 'For the Citizens' requested our participation, and we thought it was to represent forced labor victims."

They also appealed, "Knowing that this party was formed by elderly, powerless seniors who collected one thousand, five thousand, and ten thousand won each, they used us fully and then threw us out the door," and condemned, "The current behavior of the Democratic Party is worse than that of Japan's Abe."

Furthermore, they said, "We will reveal all the tricks and manipulations the Democratic Party has used regarding forced labor," and "The 230,000 forced labor victims nationwide will launch a strong fight against the ruling party. The government and the Democratic Party should stop interfering in the forced labor issue; they are not qualified. They are worse than Abe."

Earlier, Choi Dae-geun, co-representative of the Together Citizens Party, said in a TBS radio interview that morning, "Unfortunately, only two parties were allocated candidates, and two parties were not," adding, "I understand that the nomination committee sought understanding because the submitted candidates were found to have disqualifications." It is known that Kwon Ki-jae, leader of the Gaja Environmental Party, was disqualified due to a suspended indictment for sexually harassing female volunteers.

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