Cutoff Kim Seong-hwan "I will run as an independent candidate in Gwangju Dongnam-eul"

Former Gwangju Dong-gu Mayor Kim Seong-hwan, who was excluded from the nomination during the Democratic Party primary, announced his independent candidacy on the 11th.

At a press conference held at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council on the same day, Kim said, "While I was active as a preliminary candidate for the Democratic Party in Dongnam-eul, I firmly held first place in opinion polls and was excluded from the primary despite having no personal misconduct," adding, "I will run as an independent in this general election."

Kim criticized, "The current Democratic Party candidate is a parachute candidate who is unfamiliar with local affairs and is the result of an unfair nomination process," and pointed out, "The party ignored public sentiment and restricted the political choice of Gwangju citizens."

He continued, "This is a political conspiracy considering that if I were included as a primary candidate, a certain candidate whom they want to support could not win," and criticized, "The Democratic Party's decision to exclude me from the primary was neither fair nor transparent."

He added, "Seeing the Democratic Party's unfair nomination process, I felt a sense of mission to clarify that the political owner of Gwangju is not the Democratic Party but the citizens of Gwangju," emphasizing, "If I am elected as an independent, the Democratic Party will no longer be able to ignore public sentiment in Gwangju when making nominations."

Regarding the possibility of an alliance with the New Future party led by former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, he said, "We share the common point of opposing the Lee Jae-myung factionalization and I have received recruitment offers, but I currently believe that being independent is preferable."

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