Democratic Party Gwangju Branch Strongly Criticizes People Power Party for Appointing No Jae-seung to Election Committee

"Do Not Remain Silent on Yoon Seok-yeol Candidate's Appointment of Noh, Who Shared 5·18 Hate Videos, as Senior Campaign Committee Chair"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Democratic Party of Korea's Gwangju Metropolitan City Party has strongly criticized the appointment of No Jae-seung as the election countermeasure committee chairman by the People Power Party.

They argue that candidate Yoon Seok-yeol's silence on the appointment of Chairman No, who shared videos promoting hatred of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, effectively amounts to tacit approval.

The Democratic Party's Gwangju City Party issued a statement saying it appears that candidate Yoon appointed a person to the election committee chairman position to replace the May 18 slander in order to consolidate conservative forces.

The city party stated, "No Jae-seung shared SNS posts inciting hatred against the May 18 Democratic Uprising on May 18 and sarcastically said, 'The number one sanctification leader of the Republic of Korea, what on earth are you trying to hide?'" and added, "The video shared by No defined the resistance of Gwangju citizens as a riot."

Furthermore, "He indiscriminately criticized the May 18 protesters as being as wrong as the military regime, and despite the controversy, No continued to mockingly say ambiguous things such as demanding the list of merit recipients be hung in the square and to let people debate freely," and "No likely has no interest in the painful history of May 18, which suffered from verbal abuse, distortion, and atrocities by Ji Man-won and far-right YouTubers," they claimed.

They continued, "It is shocking to reconfirm the long-seen acts of belittling and distorting May 18 through the election countermeasure committee chairman of a public party," emphasizing, "Candidate Yoon, who has yet to issue any concrete stance on his own slanderous remark that 'Jeon Du-hwan was good at politics,' has now made it clear how he views the May 18 issue."

Finally, they added, "Candidate Yoon should not evade questions about the meaning behind recruiting a person who repeatedly despises and hates May 18 and socially vulnerable groups into his election committee, but should clarify his position."

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