60 Civic Groups from Yeongnam and Honam Regions Declare Support for Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol

"We Must Elect Candidates Who Uphold Fairness, Common Sense, and Constitutional Values"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Sixty civic groups from Yeongho and Nam regions have come forward to support Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party.

The Honam Fair Citizens' Coalition (Executive Director Ko Gwang-hee) and the Daegu Education Citizens' Union (Executive Director Seong Hoon) held a press conference at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council on the afternoon of the 2nd to declare their support for candidate Yoon.

They stated, "We will take the lead in resolving regional sentiments between Yeongho and Nam, breaking regional factions, and promoting mutual development," adding, "We must elect candidate Yoon Seok-yeol as the president who will uphold constitutional values with fairness and common sense."

They continued, "We had high expectations and support for the Moon Jae-in administration, which came to power through candlelight protests," but criticized, "However, after five years in power, what the Moon administration has shown us is nothing but disappointment, anger, division, and the destruction of public sentiment."

Furthermore, they sharply criticized, "Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, has committed countless crimes including the Daejang-dong gate, Baekhyeon-dong preferential corruption allegations, lawyer fee payment suspicions, excessive litigation wasting taxes, suspected connections with organized crime, reckless appointments of his own people, insulting his sister-in-law, and improper use of Gyeonggi Province corporate cards."

In particular, they emphasized, "The current state of education preparing for the future of the Republic of Korea is shaken to its roots as the constitutional value of free democratic education ideology disappears and leftist ideological education is introduced," and stressed, "We fully support candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, who pledges to build a new Republic of Korea based on justice, fairness, common sense, and free democracy."

Park Chan-soo, former president of the Daegu Private School Principals Association, said, "I believe in candidate Yoon Seok-yeol's sincerity when he said in the heart of Daegu Dongseong-ro on the 18th of last month, 'Gwangju must develop for Daegu to develop, and for the Republic of Korea to develop.'"

Park Yeon-soon, representative of Gwangju Dong-gu Love, expressed support, saying, "I was moved by candidate Yoon Seok-yeol holding a microphone at Mokpo Station Square, shouting for national unity with the words, 'Daegu must develop for Mokpo, Honam, and the Republic of Korea to develop.'"

Ahn Yang-ok, chairman of the Education Integration Special Committee (former president of the Korea Teachers' Federation), emphasized, "I thank the Yeongho and Nam civic group officials who formed the 'Moonlight Alliance' for the future of the Republic of Korea, and we must unite tightly to create a country that can restore fairness and common sense in the current broken reality."

Meanwhile, the joint support declaration press conference was attended by representatives from Gwangju and Jeonnam civic groups including Ko Gwang-hee, Kim Young-gil, Kim Jeong-rye, Park Seon-ha, Lee Mae-hwa, Kim Jun-yeon, Jo In-seok, Park Young-hee, Kim Gwi-soon, Jeong Gyeong-tae, Kim Jae-sang, Hwang In-seong, and Woo Seong-il; Daegu representatives Park Chan-soo, Yang Yong-deok, Lee Yuk-hee, Lee Yeon-jeong; Gyeongnam chairman Kim Chang-won; and Jeju chairman Kim Sam-il.

Earlier, about 50 officials from the Daegu Education Citizens' Union and Honam Fair Citizens' Coalition declared their joint support for candidate Yoon Seok-yeol at a press conference held on the afternoon of the 19th of last month in the main conference room of the Daegu Teachers' Federation Hall.

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