Yeom Tae-young "Kim Dong-yeon and Ahn Min-seok absent from debate... What on earth are they trying to do?"

"Not Attending Candidate Debate Is Not Right," Strong Criticism

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Yeom Tae-young, former mayor of Suwon and a preliminary candidate for the Governor of Gyeonggi Province from the Democratic Party of Korea, harshly criticized his primary competitors, former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon and Assemblyman Ahn Min-seok, on the 18th regarding the cancellation of the candidate verification debate, asking, "What on earth are you trying to do?"

On the same day, Yeom posted on his Facebook, "There was a Democratic Party preliminary candidate debate for the Gyeonggi Province governor scheduled for this evening on OhmyTV," and explained, "Since the day before yesterday, candidate Kim Dong-yeon notified that he would not attend due to scheduling conflicts. It was decided to proceed with a three-person debate among Yeom Tae-young, Ahn Min-seok, and Cho Jung-sik, but this time, candidate Ahn Min-seok reportedly refused to attend citing Kim Dong-yeon's absence as the reason."

He then criticized, "I don't think politics should be conducted in this manner."

He added, "Let's say candidate Kim Dong-yeon was afraid of verification. Then, at the very least, candidates who share the Democratic Party's identity should debate among themselves to show some decency to party members," and said, "No matter how small the matter, there should be at least respect for the residents and duty to the party members. What on earth is this?"

The Democratic Party preliminary candidate debate, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. that day on OhmyNews TV, was postponed to the 25th.

Yeom's campaign team stated, "The debate was planned to proceed if at least three people attended, but it was abruptly canceled after former Deputy Prime Minister Kim and then Assemblyman Ahn both notified their absence."

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