Yang Hyang-ja Preliminary Candidate: "Minsheng Party Making False Claims Will Be Held Legally Responsible"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yang Hyang-ja, the Democratic Party preliminary candidate for the 4·15 general election in Seo-gu (Eul), Gwangju Metropolitan City, stated on the 23rd, “Kim Dong-kwon, spokesperson of the Minsheng Party Gwangju City Party, once again made false claims regarding the illegal phone room operation, which has been proven to be false,” and added, “We will hold Spokesperson Kim legally accountable.”

Previously, Minsheng Party spokesperson Kim claimed in a press release, “The police are focusing on the possibility that the illegal phone room was operated systematically,” and “If the illegal phone room operation is true, there is a high possibility of disqualification from election.”

In response, preliminary candidate Yang said, “On the 2nd, a media outlet explained in detail the direction of the police investigation regarding the illegal phone room operation, but this was incorrect,” and “The Gwangju Western Police Station refuted this with an official document stating that they did not respond to the media’s inquiry.”

She continued, “Although this process was reported through various media outlets and the accurate facts were revealed, the Minsheng Party spread false information based on incorrect grounds,” emphasizing, “We will hold them legally responsible to prevent repeated black propaganda that pollutes the election.”

Meanwhile, preliminary candidate Yang Hyang-ja, born in 1967, is well known as a high school graduate Samsung Electronics executive who joined Samsung Electronics while attending Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School and was promoted to executive director.

She was selected as a “Moon Jae-in recruit” and ran for the 20th general election in Seo-gu Eul, Gwangju, and was elected as the Democratic Party’s Supreme Council member and National Women’s Committee Chairperson in 2016.

In 2018, she was appointed as the head of the National Human Resources Development Institute for Public Officials and resigned last August to serve as vice-chair of the Democratic Party Central Committee’s Special Committee on Japan’s Economic Aggression Measures. She is also serving as a member of the Democratic Party’s National Economic Advisory Council.

She won the Democratic Party primary on the 5th and is preparing for a rematch against Minsheng Party’s six-term lawmaker Cheon Jeong-bae from four years ago.

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