Jae-hyung Choi Running for Jongno: "Feeling Urgency as Rule of Law Collapses Under Moon Administration"

Choi Jae-hyung Targets Lee: "Person Who Concentrated Enormous Benefits to a Minority"
"Ruling Power Hides Truth Even When Corruption Occurs to Protect Their Own Side"

Former Chairman Choi Jae-hyung of the Board of Audit and Inspection. / Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Choi Jae-hyung, former head of the Board of Audit and Inspection and the People Power Party candidate for the Seoul Jongno-gu National Assembly by-election, revealed on the 23rd that his entry into politics was because "he felt a sense of urgency witnessing the collapse of the rule of law under the Moon Jae-in administration."

In a post on his Facebook page that afternoon, Choi said, "The ruling power concealed the truth even when corruption occurred to protect their own side. As a result, the morality of those running for elected office became meaningless."

He pointed out, "While serving as a basic local government head, a person who funneled astronomical profits to a few through real estate development became the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and a person suspected of 'self redevelopment' using insider development information ran in the Jongno National Assembly election."

This appears to be aimed respectively at Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate who is under suspicion related to the 'Daejang-dong scandal' during his tenure as mayor of Seongnam, and Kim Young-jong, former Jongno District Mayor who recently left the Democratic Party and is running as an independent in the Jongno by-election.

Choi criticized, "They all deny the allegations. Candidate Lee went further, saying he does not know the three people who died in connection with the Daejang-dong scandal."

He also said, "I feel sorrow listening to the desperate voice of the late Kim Moon-gi, the son of the head of development at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation," adding, "The public feels fear beyond reasonable suspicion about how many victims must occur to protect power."

Furthermore, he questioned, "Is politics really that good?" and "Is that why someone from the same party said 'we must not have a monster president'?"

Finally, Choi concluded his post by saying, "This presidential election and the National Assembly by-election are elections to restore fairness and justice that have fallen to the ground," and urged, "Please trust Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party presidential candidate who stood against the living power, and Choi Jae-hyung. We will definitely win and set things right."

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