Lee Jung-mi, New Leader of Justice Party, Begins Official Activities by Visiting Sindang Station and SPC Protest Sites

Jeongmi Lee, former leader of the Justice Party, is declaring her candidacy for Incheon mayor at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 19th. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomibeum] Lee Jung-mi, the new leader of the Justice Party, visited Sindang Station and the Paris Baguette labor union protest site as her first official activity after taking office on the 29th.

On the 29th, Lee visited Sindang Station, where there is a memorial space for the victims of the 'Sindang Station stalking murder case,' and the Paris Baguette labor union protest site in front of the SPC headquarters in Seocho-gu, Seoul, emphasizing workers' right to work safely.

At Sindang Station, Lee said, "Our true mourning is to fix the working environment and work conditions that failed to save the deceased," adding, "The society where people can only return home safely on lucky days must now come to an end."

She continued, "Seoul City, the 'primary contractor' holding all authority over the budget and manpower of Seoul Metro, must fundamentally improve the environment so that everyone can work safely," and added, "What is needed now is not restructuring but staffing."

At the Paris Baguette protest site, regarding the recent death of a worker in their 20s, she stated, "The Paris Baguette boycott movement is an expression of anger demanding to overcome a society that treats workers' lives as mere machines," and declared, "We will stand in solidarity with the Paris Baguette labor union."

She also attended the Public Workers' General Resolution Rally held in front of Seoul City Hall. In her solidarity speech, she emphasized, "The Yoon Seok-yeol government is trampling on the people's basic rights with ideological struggles and political purges in one hand, and austerity and privatization in the other," and pledged to lead the fight to block privatization that infringes on citizens' basic rights.

Afterwards, she visited and paid respects at the Masuk Moran Park in Namyangju City, where the late lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan's grave is located.

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