Ha Tae-kyung: "Oh Geo-don’s Lawyer as Election Committee Chair? Must Stop Mocking Citizens"

Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, is holding a press conference on Seoul's real estate policy at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 8th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice against Kim Young-choon, the Democratic Party candidate for Busan mayor, who appointed the former Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don’s defense attorney as co-chairman of the election campaign committee, saying, "Why on earth is this by-election being held? It’s truly shameless."

On the 25th, Ha posted on his Facebook under the title "Kim Young-choon, who appointed Oh Keo-don’s defense attorney as campaign committee chairman, stop mocking the victims and Busan citizens and resign immediately," stating, "This Busan by-election is being held due to the sexual harassment case of former Mayor Oh Keo-don," and added, "However, Democratic Party candidate Kim appointed lawyer Jeong Jae-sung, who claims Oh Keo-don’s innocence, as co-chairman of the campaign committee."

Ha said, "No matter how serious the wrongdoing, everyone has the right to legal defense," but criticized, "Appointing Oh Keo-don’s defense attorney as campaign committee chairman in a by-election held because of that wrongdoing is a mockery of Busan citizens and kills the victims twice or thrice."

He continued, "This Busan by-election involves a huge amount of 25.3 billion won of citizens’ tax money. If the Democratic Party had any conscience or common sense, they should not have fielded a candidate," and criticized, "But they even changed the party constitution to field a candidate and committed the atrocity of appointing Oh Keo-don’s defense attorney as campaign committee chairman."

Earlier, Choi Hyung-doo, the floor spokesperson for the People Power Party, also pointed out in a statement on the 24th, "The trial for Oh Keo-don’s sexual crime has been postponed until after the April 7 by-election," and said, "The victim of the sexual crime is crying out that the 'horrible time has been extended by three weeks,' but the lawyer who requested the trial postponement is none other than the co-chairman of the Democratic Party (Busan mayor) candidate’s campaign."

Choi argued, "The former Busan mayor and the Democratic Party candidate, who made this the most shameful election in history, are a 'community of interest' linked by 'trial' and 'election,' which is an insult to Busan citizens," and insisted, "They must offer a deep apology to the people and Busan citizens."

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