Ahn Cheol-soo: "Park Won-soon, Shameless Behavior... Trampling on the Pride of 10 Million Citizens"

“Will Be an 'Honest Mayor' Whose Words and Actions Align”
“Seoul City Executive Should Become a Broad Opposition Coalition Local Government”
To the Broad Opposition: “Will You Entrust Seoul City to the Ruling Party Again?”

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, criticized the late Park Won-soon, former mayor of Seoul, on the 21st, saying, “The former mayor from the Democratic Party of Korea was not honest. He prided himself as a feminist politician and even created a gender special advisor position in Seoul City, but his words and actions were different,” and added, “He trampled on the human rights of women the age of his daughter with power and felt no shame.”

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Ahn said, “If he had not said such things from the beginning, there would have been no expectations, but with shameless actions completely opposite to his words, he trampled on the pride of 10 million citizens and betrayed them.”

Ahn emphasized, “People of this regime, including President Moon Jae-in, are accustomed to lying. The fundamental reason why many problems remain unsolved and worsen is because of that, and this must be properly recognized,” and added, “Now is the time to strip off the mask of reform and the disguise of being a commoner, and completely expel politics and administration full of lies and hypocrisy from the public service. That is reform and the progress of history.”

Ahn stated, “I will be a mayor whose words and actions are consistent, who keeps the promises made to citizens and acts honestly,” and said, “I will lead a great transformation of our politics and administration, which are mired in division, through politics that keep promises, honest administration that distinguishes between what can and cannot be done, and does not deceive citizens.”

Ahn said, “It may be difficult to resolve 10 years of accumulated evils and 3 and a half years of mistakes in a short time. However, if genuine citizen participation is guaranteed and the opposition forces unite, nothing is impossible,” and added, “We must join forces to create a new and innovative municipal governance model. For this, the next Seoul city administration must be a coalition local government of the opposition parties.” He continued, “Through a coalition Seoul city government, we will demonstrate the competence of the opposition and lay the foothold for regime change,” and added, “I will definitely build the bridge toward the final stage of regime change with my own hands.”

Ahn said, “It is often said that the devil is in the details. Every single process toward winning the Seoul mayoral by-election will be difficult,” and added, “At times like this, all members of the opposition should think only about whether to entrust Seoul City to the Democratic Party again or whether they truly want Moon Jae-in government season 2. If the opposition does not forget this point, we can discuss anything and make any decision.”

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