'Son of Chungcheong' Yoon Visits Gongju: "Corrupt Regime Must Be Replaced"

Yoon Seok-yeol Criticizes Government and Ruling Party at Gongju, Chungnam Rally on the 3rd
Emphasizes Father's Hometown, Calls Himself 'Son of Gongju'

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is attending a campaign rally held on the 3rd at the square in front of Gongsanseong Fortress in Geumseong-dong, Gongju-si, Chungnam, and taking commemorative photos with children. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong, Gongju=Reporter Kwon Hyun-ji] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, criticized the government and ruling party in Gongju, Chungnam. Calling himself the so-called 'Son of Chungcheong,' he also presented pledges to develop the region.

On the 3rd, Candidate Yoon stated at a rally in front of Gongsanseong Plaza in Gongju, Chungnam, "Shouldn't we replace this corrupt, incompetent, and ruthless regime that disregards the people?"

Yoon said, "During the five years of the Democratic Party of Korea's administration, you must have seen how people who were like student activists divided public offices among themselves and colluded with businesspeople to share profits in factional politics," adding, "Did the people give power and votes in every election for this kind of factional politics?" He continued, "They ruined and destroyed the country by turning the people's support into selfishness and personal gain."

He did not omit attacks on Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, regarding the 'Daejang-dong scandal.' Yoon said, "There is Daejang-dong in Pangyo, Seongnam, and while developing it, Kim Man-bae and his group barely invested 350 million won but pocketed 850 billion won," adding, "Can such enormous corruption be committed for the first time? Isn't it done by someone experienced? There must be accomplices and power behind it. What kind of party is the Democratic Party that elected such a person as a presidential candidate who will determine the fate of 50 million Koreans?"

He also mentioned the part where he had a heated exchange with Lee in the previous day's TV debate. Yoon criticized, "How can a person who defended a case where his own nephew killed his girlfriend's mother by claiming it was dating violence talk about women's policies?"

Yoon emphasized that he is the 'Son of Gongju' and the 'Son of Chungcheong.' He said, "Am I not the son of Chungcheong, the son of Gongju? When school vacations started, I used to get off at the intercity bus terminal across the river following my father, walk across Geumgang Bridge, pass in front of here, and go to my grandparents' house." Yoon's father is known to be from Gongju, Chungnam.

He also presented tailored pledges for the Gongju area. Yoon said, "Together with Sejong City, which will become the practical capital of the Gongju-Buyeo area, we will firmly complete the restoration project of the Baekje cultural zone to make it a world-renowned tourist city and a historical tourism hub," adding, "We will also promptly complete the Second Geumgang Bridge."

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