Song Gap-seok: "Close to Winning Zone with Honam Support... Will Uphold Honam Spirit Valuing Principle"

The gap narrowed to about 1% with candidates ranked 3rd to 5th... a 0.38% difference from 5th place

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Song Gap-seok, a candidate for the Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 22nd, “Thanks to the support from Honam, I have come close to the winning zone,” and added, “I will do my utmost to convey the passionate hearts of Honam party members to the metropolitan area and delegates.”

Through a post on SNS that day, Candidate Song said, “The gap with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th place candidates has narrowed to about 1%,” expressing this.

In the Democratic Party of Korea’s party convention voting for Gwangju and Jeonnam registered party members held the previous day, Candidate Song received 22.27% in Gwangju, placing second by a narrow margin behind Candidate Jeong Cheong-rae (23%), and in Jeonnam, he ranked third with 14.55%, following Candidates Ko Min-jung and Jeong Cheong-rae.

Through this, Candidate Song, who had been in 7th place before the Honam regional primary, reduced the gap to about 1% with the 3rd to 5th place candidates. In particular, the difference with 5th place candidate Park Chan-dae, who is in the winning zone, narrowed to just 0.38%.

Candidate Song emphasized, “Honam party members have commanded Song Gap-seok to breathe the Honam spirit into the Democratic Party leadership.”

He continued, “I do not think the support poured out for me is simply support for Song Gap-seok as an individual,” and explained, “Honam party members know better than anyone from historical experience that when the Honam spirit drifts away from the center of the Democratic Party, the party faces crisis and defeat.”

Furthermore, he said, “I firmly reject factional politics that line people up. Even if it is a thorny path, I will walk it honorably and proudly,” and pledged, “I will walk the path of principle, not immediate gain, and the path of public sentiment, not the trend.”

He also emphasized, “Honam has silently endured a history of discrimination and exclusion, healing and sublimating that pain by upholding principles and the spirit of the times,” and added, “I will never forget that heart.”

He then added, “I will devote all my remaining strength in the next week to convey the passionate hearts of Honam party comrades to party members and delegates in the metropolitan area.”

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