Democratic Party Gwangju Branch Appeals, "Please Let Gwangju Judge Yoon Seok-yeol and Ahn Cheol-soo's 'Collusion'"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Party of the Democratic Party of Korea sharply criticized the unification announcement of presidential candidates Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party as a ‘vile collusion.’

On the afternoon of the 3rd, Gwangju area lawmakers and the Gwangju election committee issued a statement at the 5·18 Memorial Park in Ssangchon-dong, Seo-gu, saying, “Vile collusion, let Gwangju judge.”

They said, “The vile ‘collusion’ between the two candidates took place a day before early voting,” and “As public sentiment shifted toward candidate Lee Jae-myung, the two opposition candidates, feeling a sense of crisis, betrayed their promise to the people by dividing positions among themselves.”

They added, “To crush this collusion, we will switch to a 24-hour emergency system starting today,” and emphasized, “The Democratic Party will calmly maintain the election theme of a ‘competent economic president,’ but to crush the collusion, we plan to launch an emergency action by Gwangju citizens starting today.”

Furthermore, they said, “Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo came to Gwangju a few days ago and apologized, calling the past merger with the Bareun Party ‘a lifelong regret,’” and questioned, “How can such a collusion happen just days after that? Wasn’t it candidate Ahn who said that if you vote for candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, you would want to cut off your finger a year later?”

They then urged, “Participate in early voting to block the ‘collusion’ of the two candidates and create the 4th Democratic government,” emphasizing, “Gwangju citizens can do it. Gwangju citizens have led democracy in the Republic of Korea.”

Along with this, they raised their voices, saying, “Please stop Yoon Seok-yeol’s ruthless political revenge and the advent of a prosecution republic. Not a single vote should be given to candidate Yoon Seok-yeol,” and “Gwangju should step up for the stabilization of people’s livelihood and the defense of democracy.”

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