Woo Sang-ho "Park Won-soon is a role model and comrade"... Na Kyung-won "This itself is secondary victimization"

Woo Sang-ho "Park Won-soon is Woo Sang-ho, Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon"
Na Kyung-won "The true face of the Democratic Party... Embarrassing praise for Park Won-soon"

Na Kyung-won, preliminary candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election from the People Power Party.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] On the 10th, Na Kyung-won, the preliminary candidate of the People Power Party, criticized Woo Sang-ho, the preliminary candidate of the Democratic Party running in the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, for referring to the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as "my role model," saying, "This is the true face of the Democratic Party."

Na wrote on her Facebook on the same day, "Candidate Woo is shamelessly praising Park Won-soon. Truly a cruel politician," expressing her criticism.

She said, "I think Mrs. Kang Nan-hee, as a wife, must be feeling great shock and pain. I will not lightly judge the emotions between a married couple," adding, "The problem is the political exploitation of this, which inflicts greater pain on the victim, constituting secondary harm and political agitation."

She continued, "At the very least, for a candidate running in this Seoul mayoral by-election, it is unacceptable to utter 'praise of Park Won-soon,'" and "That itself is secondary harm," she sharply criticized.

Woo Sang-ho, preliminary candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election from the Democratic Party of Korea. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Furthermore, Na said, "Candidate Woo is now inflicting cruel violence on the victim," and "An overall evaluation of Mayor Park is a matter for much later. To come out in this election and praise Park Won-soon? is that what it means to be a decent person?" she raised her voice.

Finally, she said, "Candidate Woo's statement that 'Park Won-soon is Woo Sang-ho, and Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon' feels unsettling," adding, "It seems Candidate Woo has not had time for reflection and self-awareness. This is a matter of morality and character before discussing politics."

Earlier, Candidate Woo said on his Facebook, "Mayor Park Won-soon was an innovative role model to me and a comrade with whom I discussed democracy and human rights," and "I will take the lead in inheriting Mayor Park's policies and advancing his dreams."

He emphasized, "With the mindset that 'Park Won-soon is Woo Sang-ho, and Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon,' I will carry out Seoul city policies."

Candidate Woo also mentioned a passage from a letter by the late mayor's wife, Kang Nan-hee, saying, "'Park Won-soon is my comrade until the moment my life ends,'" and wrote, "I clenched my teeth and my eyes welled up. How hard it must have been. How did she endure it?"

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