Joeunhee: "Park Young-sun, who promised to protect venture new technologies, copied opposition candidates' pledges one after another"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Cho Eun-hee, Seocho District Mayor and a preliminary candidate for the Seoul mayoral election from the People Power Party, criticized Park Young-sun, former Minister of SMEs and Startups and a preliminary candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea, for "copying" her major pledges such as the polycentric city plan and the undergrounding of the Gyeongbu Expressway.

Seo Eun-hee, Mayor of Seocho District, is holding a press conference announcing her candidacy for Seoul mayor at the People Power Party Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 21st. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the 10th, Mayor Cho appeared on YTN Radio's "Hwang Bo-seon's Start of a New Morning" and claimed, "The Minister of SMEs is supposed to protect new technologies of venture companies, but she is copying the opposition candidate's pledges one after another."

He said, "On the first day of her candidacy announcement, former Minister Park revealed her main pledge as 21 polycentric cities. Since last year, I have been saying through books and other means that Seoul should move as 25 polycentric cities, separately and together, but she just made that her main pledge."

He continued, "But why 21? The number changed from 25 to 21, and since this year is 2021 and the 21st century, it feels like she changed it to 21 because it is an election year."

Regarding the undergrounding of the Gyeongbu Expressway, Mayor Cho also mentioned, "I have proposed to Seoul City for 10 years to underground the Gyeongbu Expressway to solve traffic, environmental, housing, and cost issues all at once, and I told Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun last year that it should be a national project, but former Minister Park announced it as her pledge."

He added, "Well, if both ruling and opposition parties agree to do this, I think it is good for the citizens," and said, "Going a step further, I propose connecting this underground road under the Han River to Unification Road, creating a southern expressway from Gupabal to Gangnam within 30 minutes for the northwest citizens suffering from traffic in Gupabal, Seodaemun, and Eunpyeong."

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