Hong Ik-pyo Campaigns Support for Kangseo Jin Gyo-hoon... "Clean and Honest Candidate"

Encouraging Early Voting in Gangseo-gu for the Third Day
Opposition: "Kim Tae-woo Nomination? Must Apologize to the People"

The Democratic Party of Korea toured Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the 2nd, appealing for support for Jin Gyo-hoon, the candidate running in the Gangseo District Office by-election.

Floor leader Hong Ik-pyo visited Gangseo-gu for the third consecutive day to support candidate Jin.

At a campaign rally at Deungchon Intersection in Gangseo-gu on the same day, Floor leader Hong urged voters to actively participate in early voting scheduled for the 6th and 7th. This was based on the judgment that lower voter turnout in by-elections tends to disadvantage the opposition party.

He emphasized that Jin, a former deputy commissioner of the National Police Agency, is a clean candidate without any blemishes compared to the People Power Party candidate Kim Tae-woo.

Floor leader Hong said, "Candidate Jin has not a speck of flaw and passed personnel verification without any issues," adding, "He completed his tenure as deputy commissioner of the National Police Agency without any problems when promoted or reassigned."

He continued, "Will you choose a flawless, clean, and honest candidate, or will you vote for a candidate who was a criminal until a few months ago and has reappeared after the president's excessive pardons and reinstatements?"

This was a reference to candidate Kim, who was indicted on charges of leaking official secrets after exposing allegations of cover-up during his time in the Moon Jae-in administration's special inspection team, and whose sentence of one year in prison with two years probation was finalized in May.

Floor leader Hong said, "Winning is not about just supporting; you have to go to the polling station and cast your vote to win," urging, "Each and every one of you should think, 'I am Jin Gyo-hoon,' and unite your strength."

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The Democratic Party also launched a public opinion offensive against candidate Kim Tae-woo, calling him a "candidate tainted by corruption."

Spokesperson Park Sung-jun pointed out in a written briefing that People Power Party floor leader Yoon Jae-ok defended Kim the day before, saying, "It happened while working with a public mission as a whistleblower," but Park countered, "Everyone knows that Kim Tae-woo is a corrupt public official who was dismissed for corruption."

He added, "Kim Tae-woo was dismissed with a heavy penalty for dirty personal corruption and lost the Gangseo District Office position due to the crime of indiscriminately leaking official secrets. What public mission is there in this?"

Spokesperson Park also criticized, "The president’s 'blanket pardon' of the corrupt criminal Kim Tae-woo is shameless, and nominating Kim again in the by-election that wastes 4 billion won of taxpayers' money is an insult to the people," questioning, "Is the People Power Party not afraid of the people?"

He added, "If they are even slightly afraid of the people's judgment, they should apologize now for nominating Kim Tae-woo," and warned, "If they try to win by reckless means, the only thing that will come back is the people's judgment."

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