Angry Na Kyung-won: "Being called Na Kyung-young... I'll become a Nightingale"

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Na Kyung-won, the People Power Party's preliminary candidate for Seoul mayor, rebutted criticism from fellow party candidate Oh Shin-hwan, who disparaged her pledge as 'Na Kyung-young.'

On the 6th, Na posted on her Facebook, "I hope you carefully review the pledges and offer reasonable counterarguments," adding, "If even interest support for purchasing 10,000 land-lease public housing units per year is impossible, then I want to ask what exactly our politics can do."

She continued, "Assuming 50% for youth and 50% for newlyweds, the annual loan interest support in the first year amounts to 120 billion won," elaborating, "If it increases by 10,000 units each year, by the third year it will be 360 billion won, and from the fourth year, interest support for the first year's 10,000 residents ends, resulting in a fixed annual expenditure of 360 billion won."

She then questioned, "360 billion won per year is less than one percent of the entire Seoul city budget," and asked, "If we cannot even provide this level of support to our youth and young couples, can we truly be proud?"

Na emphasized, "In the second term, I will provide even more radical support," and raised her voice, saying, "I will become the 'Nightingale' of housing welfare."

Osinhwan, the preliminary candidate of the People Power Party running for the Seoul mayoral by-election

Earlier, on the 6th, Oh Shin-hwan, a fellow party preliminary candidate running in the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, criticized on his SNS, "Is it Na Kyung-won or Na Kyung-young?" He pointed out that Na's pledge is as unrealistic and absurd as that of Heo Kyung-young, leader of the National Revolutionary Party.

Oh said, "Na pledges to cut property tax, comprehensive real estate tax, and capital gains tax, while simultaneously promising to support newlyweds who marry and have their first child with 117 million won," adding, "How does she plan to secure a budget that will surely cost at least 5 trillion won, given tax cuts and increased expenditures?"

He further criticized, "While low birthrate measures are good, arguments must be realistic and consistent," and warned, "If conservatism wavers between hardline conservatism and populism, conservative politics will truly reach a dead end."

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