Assemblyman Song Gap-seok: "People Power Party Should Reflect on Why They Fail to Gain Honam's Support"

Song Gap-seok, member of the National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea·Gwangju Seo-gu Gap), said, “The People Power Party should first reflect on why they are not chosen in Honam.”

On the 4th, Song criticized Han Dong-hoon, the emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, who visited Gwangju and said, 'I really want to be elected in Gwangju and Honam,' calling it "the height of shamelessness."

He emphasized, “Before appealing for support from Honam with plausible words, I hope they look back on the People Power Party and the Yoon Seok-yeol administration’s regression against Honam.”

He continued, “President Yoon Seok-yeol promised two years ago to include the spirit of May 18 in the preamble of the constitution, but the ruling party, the People Power Party, has shown no movement toward this, and has consistently remained unresponsive to the three laws concerning the confiscation of funds from Chun Doo-hwan,” adding, “No matter how much Chairman Han shouts his approval, there is no sincerity felt, and it is just a clich? from the People Power Party leadership visiting Gwangju.”

He also listed examples of the Yoon Seok-yeol government and the People Power Party’s oppression of Honam.

Song said, “Due to the discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water, which the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and the People Power Party have condoned, the fishing ecosystem in Jeonnam, which accounts for 50% of the nation’s seafood production, has been directly hit,” and criticized, “Not only did they blame Jeonbuk for the failure of the World Jamboree, but they also dragged in the Saemangeum budget, which has nothing to do with it, to incite regional sentiments and trampled on the 50-year wish of Jeonbuk residents.”

He added, “By coexisting with far-right YouTubers and dividing public opinion with outdated color politics, and with personnel stained by historical distortion and outrageous remarks about May 18 and April 3, the Yoon Seok-yeol government and the People Power Party have occupied key positions,” and raised his voice, “They schemed political audits against Korea Energy University by mobilizing the Board of Audit and Inspection and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, exerting financial pressure and holding hostage the energy industry development of Gwangju and Jeonnam.”

He then said, “Amazingly, all of this happened within the year 2023,” and added, “Before Chairman Han Dong-hoon complains about disappointment with past administrations, he should remember that it is his duty to apologize for and correct the current administration and the People Power Party’s regression against Honam, and prove his sincerity through that.”

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