"Kim Ju-eop, Gwangju Mayor Candidate, Overcomes Minority Opposition to Create New Wave"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] On the 22nd, Kim Jae-yeon, the Standing Representative of the Progressive Party, held a press conference at the Gwangju City Council Citizen Communication Office together with Kim Joo-eop, the preliminary candidate for Gwangju mayor, and Kim Mi-hwa, the proportional representation candidate for the city council.

Standing Representative Kim emphasized, "The Progressive Party's local election candidates have spent a long time living alongside residents, sharing joys and hardships, and as a result of protecting the lowest places rather than the shining ones, 10,000 party members are united in the Gwangju area alone."

He also appealed, "Please help grow the Progressive Party into the main opposition party starting from Gwangju. Despite all kinds of oppression, we will not fall and will show the true wildness that does not shy away from any trial. Please make the Progressive Party a negotiating group within the Gwangju City Council. We will go beyond being a small check-and-balance force and bring about a new wind leading the change in Gwangju."

Kim, the preliminary candidate for Gwangju mayor, pointed out, "So far, there have been six mayors of Gwangju, except for Mayor Park Kwang-tae who served consecutive terms. Although six mayors have changed, the lives that residents feel on their skin have not changed at all and remain as they were about 30 years ago."

He added, "This is the result of the Democratic Party monopolizing Gwangju politics as a one-party system. As a new political force, I once again appeal for support so that the Progressive Party can advance as a negotiating group in the council."

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