Park Young-sun, "Judgment on the Regime? On the Ground, It's 'Oh Se-hoon Judgment'"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Juyoun] "On the ground, it is rather turning into an 'Oh Se-hoon judgment theory.' (The citizens I met on site) tell me that if a candidate who lies after lies becomes mayor, what will we teach our sons and daughters? They say I must win."

On the 6th, Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral candidate, appeared on BBS Radio's 'Park Kyung-soo's Morning Journal' and responded this way to the host's question about the opposition party's view that this election is a 'regime judgment theory.'

Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, is preparing for the debate before the Seoul mayoral by-election candidate debate hosted by the Korea Broadcasting Journalists Club held at the Yecheong Hall in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 5th. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

The People Power Party views the April 7 by-election as having a strong character of regime judgment based on polling trends. In response, candidate Park rebutted, "The public sentiment I feel on my skin is different from previous polling trends."

On that day, marking the last day of the election campaign, candidate Park boarded the 6411 early morning bus departing from Guro-dong to connect with citizens, then got off at Noryangjin Fish Market to meet merchants and gauge grassroots public sentiment.

On the radio, candidate Park said, "When I went to the fish market, the vigorous and loud voices of those opening the dawn were waking up Seoul," and "The citizens I met on site told me, 'You must win.'"

She then reiterated candidate Oh's 'Naegok-dong lie,' expressing her feelings by saying, "I feel very troubled."

Candidate Park evaluated the previous day's final TV debate with candidate Oh as "a scene where lies beget lies," saying, "I felt troubled that we had to hold a debate to expose such lies regarding the Seoul mayoral election."

She also mentioned that netizens found and posted photos of the Ferragamo loafers that candidate Oh supposedly wore, questioning, "How desperate must netizens have been to go this far?"

Candidate Park said, "Another lie was born at yesterday's debate," referring to Pine City. She explained, "Pine City is related to an incident where the secretary general of candidate Oh's campaign was imprisoned for bribery. When I asked because I thought there must be some story behind someone like that becoming secretary general, they denied knowing anything." Candidate Park added, "Seoul citizens must have felt troubled watching the debate," and "So I feel rather apologetic."

Along with this, candidate Park pointed out candidate Oh's New Town project and Yanghwa Bridge pier structure modification project during his mayoral tenure, saying, "We cannot entrust Seoul's future to him."

Candidate Park said, "Yesterday, he himself said that the settlement rate of original residents in past New Town projects was only 20 to 30%. Now he is pushing redevelopment and reconstruction, so isn't he trying to become a mayor for just this 20 to 30%?" She criticized, "This is very wrong."

She continued, "Hundreds of millions of won were simply wasted due to the Yanghwa Bridge (pier structure modification) construction. We cannot entrust Seoul's future to a candidate who claims it was successful despite such administration."

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