Yang Hyang-ja, Democratic Party Supreme Council Candidate, "Jeju Resembling Gwangju, Please Support"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yang Hyang-ja, a candidate for the Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, appealed for support in Jeju.

On the 25th at 3 p.m., Candidate Yang spoke at the joint speech meeting of the Democratic Party Jeju Provincial Party, saying, "Jeju and Gwangju are similar places," and promised, "I will take care of Jeju as well as Gwangju."

Candidate Yang began her speech by stating that she is a descendant of Angra, the progenitor of the Jeju Yang clan, saying, "In Yang Hyang-ja's blood flows the spirit of Jeju, the responsibility of the eldest child, and the boldness of the Jeju sea."

She also mentioned the historical empathy between Gwangju and Jeju, referring to the similar painful histories of Jeju's April 3rd Incident and Gwangju's May 18th Democratic Uprising.

Candidate Yang emphasized, "Jeju and Gwangju, which have painful histories, must live well," and added, "Having similar painful histories, if I become a Supreme Council member, I will take greater responsibility and take special care of Jeju."

Above all, Candidate Yang stressed that she is a former national female committee chairperson created by the Democratic Party.

Candidate Yang said, "If I cannot become a Supreme Council member on my own, I have nothing to say to the half of the Korean people who are women," and urged support for her independent candidacy by saying, "In a situation where our party even rejected 30% female Supreme Council members, if I, the only female candidate, do not make it into the top five, can the Democratic Party still claim to be a party for women?"

Meanwhile, this Democratic Party of Korea party convention is being held in a minimized untact format due to social distancing caused by COVID-19.

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