Yoo Seung-min: "If Yoon Seok-yeol and Hong Joon-pyo Become People Power Party Candidates, They Are on the Path to an Easy Defeat"

"I am a Gender Equality Advocate... Will Truly Realize Gender Equality if Elected President"

On the 9th, candidate Yoo Seung-min, participating in the People Power Party presidential primary candidate 'People's Signal Interview' held at Jeul Studio in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, is taking off his mask. 2021.9.9 Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, said on the 9th, "If candidate Yoon Seok-yeol or candidate Hong Joon-pyo becomes the People Power Party candidate, it will be a path to losing very easily."

At the 'Gukmin Signal' open interview held at Jeul Studio in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, former lawmaker Yoo stated, "Among our candidates, I have thought and practiced that I am the candidate with the highest centrism expansion in terms of life experience, political philosophy, and policy consistency."

Most of former lawmaker Yoo's interview time was filled with the issue of abolishing the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. When Jin Joong-kwon, a former professor at Dongyang University and an interviewer, asked, "Have you ever asked the opinions of women in their 20s and 30s while proposing the pledge to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family?" Yoo replied, "The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family originally has no unique role at all," adding, "I am a gender equality advocate," and said, "If I become president, I want to truly realize gender equality."

Former lawmaker Yoo also said, "If a Gender Equality Committee is established, I, as the president, will be the chairperson," emphasizing, "I think it is a good model to combine the welfare functions of the Ministry of Health and Welfare with the family functions of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Please watch how hard I will work for gender equality." He continued, "There is a gap between what ordinary women want and what the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family always emphasizes," and said, "Such things can also be found in some women's organizations. Do women's organizations exist for the career interruption issues of young mothers, or are they holding on to outdated issues from before the 2030s? Such an atmosphere in women's organizations may have significantly flowed into the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family."

When Kim Jun-il, CEO of Newstope, asked if the 'traitor frame' still exists, Yoo replied, "It is unfair. They are conservative supporters from the Yeongnam region, but I believe their thoughts will change."

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