Won Hee-ryong "Hong Joon-pyo and Yoo Seung-min pledged 10,000 won minimum wage in last presidential election... How will they defend it?"

Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong is declaring his candidacy for the presidential election in a non-face-to-face manner at House Cafe in Yeouido, Seoul on the 25th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Won Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju Province and a contender in the People Power Party's presidential primary, criticized Representative Hong Joon-pyo and former Representative Yoo Seung-min on the 26th by highlighting their pledge during the last presidential election to raise the hourly minimum wage to 10,000 won. He argued that those who made election pledges similar to those of the Moon Jae-in administration cannot win the upcoming presidential election.

On the same day, Won appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and criticized the two candidates who ran in the previous presidential election. He pointed out, "Those individuals (Representative Hong and former Representative Yoo) promised to raise the minimum wage to 10,000 won four years ago. If you look at their pledges back then, they include all the policies that failed under the current Moon Jae-in administration."

Through his presidential candidacy announcement the day before, Won stated, "The People Power Party is the challenger and the opposition party in this election," adding, "We cannot have someone who failed in the last presidential election."

Regarding this, he said, "How can we defend this?" and continued, "In that sense, although the political burdens during the impeachment and the birth of the Moon administration were problematic, all the statements and policies made in the last presidential election inevitably become issues again. Therefore, we cannot help but question why we should carry such burdens and fight an election that we must win now." The atmosphere at the time, etc.

During the last presidential election, then-candidate Moon Jae-in, former Representative Yoo, and Justice Party Representative Shim Sang-jung promised to achieve a minimum wage of 10,000 won by 2020. Representative Hong and People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo pledged to usher in the era of a 10,000 won minimum wage by 2022.

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