The Future United Party Busan City Party Election Committee Launches ... "The Goal is to Judge the Moon Jae-in Administration"

Inauguration ceremony of the Future United Party Busan City Party Election Countermeasures Committee (Photo by Kim Jonghyo).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jong-hyo] The Busan branch of the United Future Party has appointed the Busan Election Countermeasures Committee for the 21st National Assembly election and announced three major pledges, officially entering the election campaign.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the United Future Party Busan branch held the '2020 United Election Committee Launch Ceremony' at the party office and selected Cho Kyung-tae, Supreme Council member, former Busan Mayor Seo Byung-soo, and Yoo Soon-hee, representative of Busan Women's Newspaper, as co-chairs of the election committee.

Lawmakers Lee Jin-bok, Kim Se-yeon, and Yoo Jae-joong, who declared they would not run, were appointed honorary heads of the election headquarters.

Lawmaker Lee Heon-seung (Busanjin-gu Eul) was appointed general headquarters chief, and lawmakers Lee Eon-ju (Nam-gu Eul), Kim Do-eup (Bukgangseo Eul), Ha Tae-kyung (Haeundae Gap), Jang Je-won (Sasang-gu), and Kim Mi-ae, acting chairperson of the Busan branch (Haeundae Eul), were appointed co-heads of the election headquarters.

Former Yeonje-gu party committee chairman Lee Joo-hwan (Yeonje-gu) and former Busan city council member Hwang Bo-seung-hee (Jung-Yeongdo-gu) were appointed joint chief spokespersons, and former Saha Gap party committee chairman Kim So-jung and former Busan city council member Lee Jin-soo were additionally appointed as spokespersons.

Policy development director was Kim Hee-gon, former policy advisor to the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (Dongnae-gu), and the general election planning headquarters was jointly led by Park Soo-young, former vice governor of Gyeonggi Province (Nam-gu Gap), and Jeong Oh-gyu, former Seodong-gu party committee chairman.

Election committee chairman Cho Kyung-tae said, "Since the Democratic Party of Korea took power, the economy of South Korea and Busan has regressed to the past. We have received an order from the citizens of Busan to judge the regressive forces and normalize Busan," adding, "We will revive the collapsed Busan economy. We will approach the general election with the determination that if Busan lives, South Korea lives."

Election committee chairman Seo Byung-soo said, "The Moon Jae-in administration has taken control of the judiciary, frontline education sites, and civic groups," and added, "If they take over the National Assembly as well, the permanent ruling scenario will be completed, and the destruction of liberal democracy cannot be avoided." He also emphasized, "We cannot entrust the future to a group that only has ideology and codes and cannot even solve the mask issue," and "There are 18 candidates running in 18 constituencies, but the goal is only to judge the Moon Jae-in administration."

On the same day, the United Future Party Busan branch also announced the three major pledges for the 21st general election, 'Busan Vision 21.' The policies include fostering future strategic industries, attracting large corporations, and alleviating difficulties for self-employed business owners to promote Busan's economic re-advancement. It also includes creating a child-rearing friendly urban environment with the implementation of a two-shift childcare system, attracting a marine tourism infrastructure industry regulatory free zone, and building an intelligent port system, aiming to make Busan a global marine hub city.

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