'Presidential Candidate' Sim Sang-jung: "Moon Jae-in Government Wasted the Opportunity to Create a Country Where Everyone Can Prosper"

Sim Sang-jung, a Justice Party lawmaker who officially declared her candidacy for the presidential election.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Park] Sim Sang-jung, a lawmaker of the Justice Party, officially announced her candidacy for next year's presidential election, stating, "This election must be one that ends the winner-takes-all politics of the two major parties."

On the 29th, she held an online declaration ceremony and criticized past administrations, saying, "We gave power to the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye governments, but what we got in return were the Four Major Rivers Project, the Sewol ferry disaster, and the state affairs manipulation scandal," and "The Moon Jae-in government, which came to power through 17 million candlelight protests, wasted the best opportunity in South Korea's history to create a country where everyone prospers."

She then asked to end the two-party system and change politics. Lawmaker Sim said, "So far, the two-party politics have been fierce only with each other but utterly incompetent in reforming people's livelihoods. We have already given enough compensation to the industrialization and democratization parties," adding, "We need to replace the 34-year-old outdated two-party system. Please change politics, not just the administration."

She also expressed, "The way to turn disappointment with the candlelight government into hope is to make the candidate of the progressive party the president."

Furthermore, she emphasized becoming a government that overcomes the market. She said, "The industrialization and democratization forces still say 'there is no government that beats the market' and are busy supporting market power. Now is the time to end the era of the market," adding, "The Sim Sang-jung government will be a government that firmly beats the market to protect life and human rights."

Meanwhile, on this day, Lawmaker Sim presented major pledges including △ guaranteeing the new three labor rights such as the right to unionize △ promoting an energy transition centered on renewable energy △ implementing a land excess profit tax △ establishing a lifelong safety net income system.

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