Yoo Seung-min's Side: "Jeong Hong-won, Who Expressed Support for Yoon Seok-yeol, Has Lost Fairness... Resign"

Yoo Seung-min Camp Spokesperson Kim Woong: "Jeong Hong-won, who supported Yoon, has fairness issues"

Kim Woong, spokesperson for the campaign of former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, has called for the resignation of Jeong Hong-won, the election commission chairman.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seohyun] Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party and spokesperson for former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min's presidential campaign, has called for the resignation of Election Commissioner Jeong Hong-won. This comes amid concerns raised over Jeong's prior meeting with Yoon Seok-yeol, a presidential pre-candidate from the People Power Party.

On the 30th, Kim appeared on YTN Radio's "Lee Dong-hyung's News Face-off" and stated, "Commissioner Jeong met with candidate Yoon Seok-yeol in advance and expressed support for him," arguing that this raises questions about fairness.

He added, "The first thing Commissioner Jeong did upon taking office was to remove a specific election commissioner. He is threatening to overturn the conclusions painstakingly reached by the Primary Preparation Committee," and criticized, "Meanwhile, candidate Yoon says he will 'follow the decisions of the election commission.' How can this be considered fair management of the primary?"

He continued, "There is an exam question setter, and this person met with only one candidate in advance. Then, he explicitly expressed support for that examinee. Can such an exam question setter be considered fair?" He emphasized, "Previously, Chairman Seo Byung-soo of the Primary Preparation Committee was attacked as unfair simply because his younger brother, Seo Beom-soo, is the secretary to party leader Lee Jun-seok."

Kim stated, "If Commissioner Jeong's fairness is being questioned to this extent, it is appropriate for him to step down," and noted, "If we apply the same standards used against Chairman Seo, this is actually much more unfair."

Meanwhile, former lawmaker Yoo also mentioned on his Facebook on the 29th that candidate Yoon and Commissioner Jeong met in early August, saying, "There are widespread rumors that Commissioner Jeong strongly intends to include a reverse selection prevention clause," and pointed out, "This is exactly the same claim as that of Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign."

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