Former Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun "Will Announce Presidential Run at the End of This Month"

Revealed at Support Organization 'Naui Sowon Forum' Meeting

Former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun paying respects at the National 5.18 Democratic Cemetery.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeong Se-gyun, a potential presidential candidate from the ruling party, is expected to officially announce his presidential bid around the end of this month.

According to the ‘Naui Sowon’ (My Wish) forum, which supports former Prime Minister Jeong, he stated at a meeting the day before that he plans to declare his candidacy for the presidential election around the end of this month.

Jeong said, “Although 41 years have passed since the May 18 Democratic Uprising, the unchecked privileged class of prosecutors and conservative media, who have not reflected on their actions, are colluding to repeat a national deception to protect their own conservative privileged country,” adding, “May 18 is not over yet, and justice for Gwangju has not yet been realized.”

He also argued that prosecutorial reform and media reform are the epochal tasks of the Gwangju spirit.

He criticized, “The prosecutors and media should be ashamed before history and the people,” and asked, “Have they ever sincerely apologized and reflected even once before the numerous democratic spirits who were oppressed by prosecutors and media that suppressed democracy activists and who were tortured and killed by state violence?”

He then urged the Naui Sowon forum to “overcome the COVID-19 crisis through politics of communication and empathy, complete the reform of the Candlelight public sentiment, and create a community society through economic recovery and the realization of an inclusive society.”

A representative of the Naui Sowon forum stated, “We aim to play a role in the re-creation of the administration through broad discussions on the agenda of the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions and communication with civil society,” adding, “We will create a turning point toward a new Republic of Korea together with former Prime Minister Jeong.”

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