Yang Bu-nam Declares Candidacy for Gwangju Seo-gu Eul: "A New Challenge for a Greater Gwangju"

Based on 27 Years of Prosecutorial Service and Central Political Experience, I Will Raise My Voice

Yang Bu-nam, the Legal Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, officially announced his candidacy for the Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu Eul district in next year’s National Assembly election.

On the afternoon of the 20th, candidate Yang held a press conference at the Gwangju City Council and stated, "I am taking on a new challenge for a fair society, a greater Gwangju, and a just Republic of Korea."

Yang Bu-nam, a preliminary candidate for the National Assembly election in Seo-gu Eul, Gwangju, is making his candidacy declaration at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council on the 20th.

He emphasized, "My 27 years as a prosecutor were a continuous series of challenges and setbacks, and rising again, as a prosecutor from a local university background proving myself through relentless hard work. Since joining as the head of the legal support team at the request of then-presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung in 2021, I have witnessed every moment the incompetence of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and the selective justice of investigative agencies and the judiciary."

He continued, "I was angered by the Yoon Seok-yeol government that undermines fairness and common sense, and this is why I am taking on the new challenge of politics."

He also made three promises. First, he explained the completion of reform in investigative agencies and the judiciary. The plan is to improve conventional investigative practices to protect the rights of the people, ensure investigative power is not neutralized before the powerful, and establish a foundation so that judicial rulings do not create legal principles detached from public common sense for the benefit of the powerful.

The second promise is to lay the groundwork for the Democratic Party’s reestablishment of power.

Candidate Yang said, "To stop the reckless actions of the Yoon Seok-yeol government and to overcome the crisis and normalize the Republic of Korea, we must lay the foundation with an overwhelming victory in the general election," adding, "Gwangju must be the center of change for this crucial election victory more than ever." To this end, he announced that change and innovation will begin from Seo-gu, Gwangju.

The third promise was to dedicate his experience and passion to the greater development of Gwangju.

He asserted, "Gwangju is the holy land of democracy in the Republic of Korea and the heart of the Democratic Party, but today’s Gwangju is politically isolated and economically underdeveloped," and added, "I will stand at the forefront of the grand journey toward a new and greater Gwangju."

Candidate Yang Bu-nam stated, "If I enter the National Assembly, I will blend my experience as a prosecutor and what I have felt at the center of central politics to raise my own voice," and added, "I will firmly join hands with the proud citizens of Gwangju and take on a new challenge for a Republic of Korea that our children will be proud of."

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