Won Hee-ryong: "Yoon Seok-yeol Will Revitalize Economy with Jeju Second Airport"

Published 07 Mar.2022 17:27(KST)

Final Push to Rally Support... Protest Visit to Jeju Election Commission Over Poor Early Voting Management

Won Hee-ryeong, head of the Policy Headquarters of the People Power Party, is appealing for support for candidate Yoon Seok-yeol at the Jeju Folk Five-Day Market on the 7th.

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won] Won Hee-ryong, Policy Headquarters Chief of the People Power Party Central Election Countermeasures Headquarters, is making every effort to consolidate support in Jeju during the final stage.

On the 7th, Chief Won said at the Jeju Folk Five-Day Market, “Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is committed to firmly implementing policies related to Jeju and could come to Jeju even a day before the election tomorrow,” adding, “Since Candidate Yoon could not come today, I came to present definite support measures for Jeju.”

He continued, “The Democratic Party has blocked progress on the Second Airport project for the past seven years, and only recently proposed an undersea tunnel, which has also fizzled out,” emphasizing, “If Candidate Yoon becomes president, he will promote the Jeju Second Airport project to revitalize the economy.”

He also stated, “Jeju Island has a large supply of renewable energy, so it is common for wind turbines to stop, and currently, there is no way to send the generated electricity to the mainland,” arguing, “People should not be deceived by Candidate Lee Jae-myung’s pledge to provide income to Jeju residents through wind and solar power.”

Meanwhile, Chief Won visited the Jeju Provincial Election Commission on the same day to hold them accountable for poor management of early voting and urged the resignation of Central Election Commissioner Noh Jung-hee.

He also demanded a full investigation, accountability of related personnel, and measures to prevent recurrence regarding the Jeju Election Commission’s long-term storage of some ballot boxes in places without CCTV.

He criticized, “During the last early voting, I witnessed the process where ballots from COVID-19 confirmed patients were placed in baskets or even garbage bags and then transferred by a third party to the ballot boxes. Such scenes, which make one doubt whether this is proper election management in a democratic country, occurred nationwide.”

He raised his voice, “Because of such incidents, I strongly appealed that at least one of the nine election commissioners should be recommended by the opposition party, but they excluded this and filled the positions entirely with their own faction, resulting in this situation.”

He added, “During the main voting, I will watch closely with the sovereign people to see if poor election management occurs again,” and urged, “I hope all residents will go to the polling stations and judge overwhelmingly so that political forces with dubious intentions cannot exploit poor elections.”