Noh Gwan-gyu Supports a Clean Candidate Free of Corruption... What About Son Hun-mo's Support?

Excluded from the Primary Due to Unlawful and Unprincipled Tactics... Direct Blow to Assemblyman Sobyeongcheol

Assemblyman Sobyeongcheol, Who Advocated for Reform and Clean Nominations, Now Faces the Moment to Respond to Citizens

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Former Suncheon Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu, who was excluded from the Democratic Party's Suncheon mayoral primary, held a press conference on the 27th and said, "This Suncheon mayoral nomination is truly absurd. This is the first time a nomination has been made without law and principles," and fired a direct shot at Assemblyman So Byung-chul, who "kept shouting reform and clean nomination whenever he opened his mouth, but now he must answer to the citizens."

Assemblyman So Byung-chul, a former high prosecutor with a reputation for being clean and upright, was elected through a strategic nomination with the expectations of citizens. He claimed, "I expected corrupt candidates to be filtered out during the nomination process, but such candidates became primary candidates. I, who received the highest public opinion poll and have no criminal record, was excluded from the primary through all sorts of tricks that violate law and principles."

He added, "Fairness and common sense are the spirit of the times," and said, "Assemblyman So Byung-chul must answer the citizens about what background there was for his hypocritical behavior."

Also, former Mayor Noh stated, "Among the four candidates for the Suncheon mayoral primary, except for candidate Son Hun-mo, the other candidates have criminal records," defining this Democratic Party primary as a confrontation between corrupt and anti-corruption forces.

Accordingly, he declared, "I will support a clean candidate without corruption for the honor restoration of Suncheon citizens and myself."

Following former Mayor Noh's remarks, reporters repeatedly asked about his support for candidate Son Hun-mo, but he avoided giving a clear answer.

This is interpreted as leaving open the possibility that former Mayor Noh might run as an independent if a clean candidate is not selected in the Democratic Party primary.

Meanwhile, he dismissed the recent controversy over the Shindae District scandal as baseless black political tactics.

"When I took office as mayor in 2006, the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority had the licensing authority over Shindae District, so Suncheon City had no authority at all, but the Shindae District project had already started since 2003," he said, adding that the claim that a large sum of money was given to a powerless mayor is completely unfounded false information.

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