Hwang Kyo-ahn: "The 'Moonppa' with little substance participated in our party's primary opinion poll... I feel a sense of self-disgust"

Hwang Kyo-ahn, a preliminary candidate for the People Power Party's presidential primary, is speaking at the People Power Party's 20th presidential election primary preliminary candidates' general meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 5th of last month.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] Hwang Kyo-ahn, former leader of the Future United Party (predecessor of the People Power Party) and a presidential candidate for the People Power Party, sharply criticized the conflict over the introduction of a clause to prevent reverse voting within the party, saying, "Collective action and boycotts are not the attitude of party members and only squander the people's desire for 'regime change.'"

On the 6th, Hwang posted on his Facebook under the title, "'Moonppa' is a great evil, so why fight over trivial matters?" and said, "A shameful incident happened again yesterday," criticizing, "Election Commissioner Jung Hong-won suddenly announced his intention to resign, and the cause was collective actions such as boycotts by some presidential candidates."

He wrote, "What is even more absurd is that the justification for the collective action was ultimately 'Moonppa should be allowed to participate in our party's primary opinion polls.' I truly feel a sense of self-disgust."

He continued, "So-called 'Moonppa' have been proven to be insignificant in substance compared to their bluster even in the ruling party's primary," adding, "However, the election commission is deeply considering the fact that even slight external influences can change the results in unstable opinion polls and that the will of our support base could be distorted in the process."

He then pointed out, "Yet, the players are expressing their opinions through collective action, and some candidates are showing incomprehensible behavior by relying on reverse votes from 'Moonppa' who would not even vote for them in the presidential election."

Hwang said, "This issue will soon be resolved. But the fight over the primary rules is just beginning," and urged, "Expressing opinions is fine, but such deviant behavior as now only dampens the excitement of the primary, so please refrain from it."

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