Byungno Lee, Democratic Party Candidate for Damyang County Governor, Directly Challenges Opponent's Unification Attempt

"An Election Revealing Self-Interest Without Concern for Damyang's Future Development"

Byeongno Lee, Democratic Party of Korea, Preliminary Candidate for Damyang County Governor.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] In the June 1 local elections, Democratic Party candidates Kim Jeong-o and Choi Hwasam, who ran in the Jeonnam Damyang County Governor primary, have declared unification under candidate Choi, while Lee Byeongno, a Democratic Party preliminary candidate for Damyang County Governor, strongly criticized this unification.

Candidate Kim Jeong-o, who withdrew, appealed, “I hand over the policies and pledges for Damyang’s development and the Damyang residents that I have envisioned during my legislative activities to candidate Choi,” and urged, “Please actively support candidate Choi.”

Lee Byeongno issued an emergency statement on the 4th regarding the unification decision between the two candidates, directly attacking, “They became obsessed with bringing down the opposing candidate through fake news, false agitation, and public opinion manipulation, and ultimately chose the worst move of giving up the primary and making a secret deal.”

“This only reconfirms that from the beginning, they have conducted an election campaign solely for their own selfish interests, with no regard for Damyang’s future development,” he dismissed, calling it “a truly absurd and irresponsible political behavior.”

He further defined it as “a typical secret deal and power-sharing by despicable politicians who regard the governor’s position entrusted by 50,000 residents only as a seat of power.”

He continued, “If the decision, made after repeatedly defying the Jeonnam Provincial Party Public Official Committee and the Central Party Emergency Committee without presenting a single proper policy pledge, is a secret deal, then it is an admission of no longer being qualified as a candidate.”

In particular, he emphasized, “The shameless political behavior of abandoning party members and supporters who have supported them for a long time like discarded objects for their own advancement deserves severe criticism.”

Preliminary candidate Lee Byeongno said, “I cannot help but ask whether it was such a difficult task for politicians who have received decades of support from residents to present a new future vision for Damyang and be chosen by the residents,” and added, “The actions of the two candidates, who have taken out the last option of entrenched political forces, are even pitiful.”

He then said, “I, Lee Byeongno, have come here trusting only the Damyang residents for the construction of a ‘New Damyang’,” and asked for the support of residents and party members, saying, “I will steadfastly and confidently walk the path to Damyang’s future development, the happiness of 50,000 Damyang residents, and the creation of a new Damyang.”

A Damyang resident, Mr. A, lamented, “The unification of the two candidates this time is a foolish choice of political collusion that ultimately divided the region and distorted the wishes of the residents after engaging in all kinds of false agitation and negativity, mocking party members and residents.”

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party Damyang County Governor candidate primary will be decided by combining 50% telephone voting by party members on the 5th and 6th and 50% public opinion survey of the general public (safe number electorate) over two days.

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