Shin Ji-hye, Basic Income Party Leader, Faces "Withdraw Your Candidacy" Attack After Woo Sang-ho Says "Let's Stop"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Shin Ji-hye, the standing representative of the Basic Income Party and a candidate for Seoul mayor, criticized Woo Sang-ho, the Seoul mayoral candidate, on the 15th for responding “Stop it” regarding the controversy over the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon during CBS Radio Kim Hyun-jung's News Show, saying he “does not even qualify as a candidate for Seoul mayor.”

In a statement released that day, Representative Shin said, “I want to ask whether someone who even avoids taking responsibility for words that angered the public is qualified to be a mayoral candidate.”

She added, “Where is a Seoul mayor who will firmly deal with sexual crimes without viewing the incident from the perspective of sexual violence victims? Taking an ambiguous stance only results in condoning sexual crimes.”

She continued, “Candidate Woo lacks the qualifications as a politician,” and “As a candidate from a party responsible for the by-election, Woo, who lacks a gender equality perspective, is not qualified to be a Seoul mayor candidate.”

She then urged, “Before making ‘Today’s Words Selected by Woo Sang-ho,’ he should reflect on his own words first,” and “He must take responsibility for his words. The responsibility he must bear now is to resign.”

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