Yoon Mi-hyang Declares Support for Candidate Lee Jae-myung... "The Person to Resolve the Comfort Women Issue"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Yoon Mi-hyang, an independent lawmaker facing expulsion from the National Assembly, has declared her support for Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea.

On the 18th, Yoon posted on Facebook, "I am starting the support declaration challenge for candidate Lee together with Yoon Mi-hyang." She added, "The person who will overcome painful history and open new hope, the person who will lead peace and unification instead of war, the person who will protect the people and conduct human rights diplomacy, the person who will resolve the issue of Japanese military comfort women and work for a world without war and violence against women is precisely this candidate."

Hwang Gyu-hwan, spokesperson for the People Power Party's presidential campaign headquarters, criticized in a statement, "Not only is Yoon's reason for supporting candidate Lee as the right person to resolve the comfort women issue absurd, but does Yoon, who has already been found guilty of numerous misconducts through the prosecution's investigation, even have the qualification to mention resolving the comfort women issue?"

Yoon is under suspicion of embezzling donations and organizational funds while serving as the representative of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdae-hyeop). In September of last year, a disciplinary proposal was initiated led by the People Power Party. On the 14th, the National Assembly's Ethics Special Committee formed a subcommittee and referred the disciplinary proposal against Yoon and others. If the expulsion proposal is approved by a majority vote in the full Ethics Committee meeting, it must then be voted on in the plenary session.

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