People Power Party: "Women's Rights Trampled by Government and Ruling Party, Actually Regressing"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 8th, the People Power Party criticized the Democratic Party of Korea for issues related to women's rights, including the comfort women victims and sexual crimes by former mayors Park Won-soon and Oh Keo-don, emphasizing that they must be judged through the April 7 by-elections.

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Kim Ye-ryeong, spokesperson for the People Power Party, stated in a commentary on the "113th International Women's Day" that "the hard-won human rights and dignity of women have been brutally trampled by the government and ruling party, and it seems that women's rights in South Korea have even regressed in some aspects," adding, "On April 7, one month from now, we must definitely discern the right and wrong of those who have nullified the noble history built by our women."

Spokesperson Kim criticized, "Someone became a member of the National Assembly by exploiting the pain of comfort women victims who suffered terribly under Japanese colonial rule," and said, "The grandmothers, who endured a time of hardship as individuals, women, and living witnesses of history, have been hurt again, and not only the ruling party but also this government is neglecting them."

She continued, "Metropolitan leaders belonging to the ruling party committed power-based sexual crimes by abusing their positions, yet the government and ruling party pushed the victimized women into the ambiguous designation of 'victim complainants,' causing great wounds to the self-esteem of women who witness this alongside the victims." She added, "This aftermath led to a situation where a by-election, costing a huge amount of taxpayers' money, had to be held, and meanwhile, the government and ruling party even changed their party constitution and regulations to field candidates in the by-election, making it impossible to erase the feeling that the nation's dignity has fallen to the ground."

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