Kukim, on Opposition's Proportional Announcement: "As Expected... Becoming a Host for Pro-Jongbuk Forces"

"Ijoohee Candidate's Past Advocacy for the Abolition of the National Security Law"

On the 17th, the People Power Party fiercely criticized the proportional representation order for the April 10 general election announced by the satellite party of the opposition bloc, the Deobureo Minjuyeondang, saying, "'What if' turned out to be 'as expected,' and the feared institutional entry of pro-North Korean forces has become an imminent reality."

Park Jeong-ha, spokesperson for the Central Election Countermeasures Committee, stated in a commentary that "there was no unexpected change in the reality of the Deobureo Minjuyeondang, which has become a host for pro-North Korean forces." He added, "The concern has become reality. The candidates recommended by the Progressive Party, the successor of the Unified Progressive Party, were placed in positions with a high chance of winning."

He continued, "Looking simply at the precedent from four years ago when the Deobureo Citizen Party, a satellite party of the Minju Party, won up to number 17, the Progressive Party's recommended candidates, including Jeong Hye-gyeong, former vice-chair of the Progressive Party Gyeongnam Provincial Party, who was placed at number 5, Jeon Jong-deok, former secretary-general of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions at number 11, and Son Sol, chief spokesperson of the Progressive Party at number 15, have become more likely to be elected."

Yoon Young-deok, Co-Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (second from the left), is conducting an interview screening for proportional representation candidates at the Yeouido party headquarters on the 14th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Spokesperson Park also said, "Lee Joo-hee, newly recommended as a representative of civic groups amid controversies such as anti-American and pro-North Korean backgrounds and Progressive Party history leading to candidate withdrawals, is from the NL faction of the student activist movement and was placed at number 17 despite her past advocacy for the abolition of the National Security Law."

He pointed out, "Lee Joo-hee is known to have defended Kim Hye-gyeong, wife of leader Lee Jae-myung, and Jeong Gyeong-sim, wife of Cho Kuk, leader of the Innovation Party, so in a way, there was no reason for her name not to be included."

Regarding lawmaker Yong Hye-in’s placement at number 6, Spokesperson Park said, "It is expected that the farcical 'self-nomination' will once again lead to re-election as a proportional representative through shameless means."

He added, "The arrogance of the Minju Party, which does not fear the people, has joined hands with pro-North Korean forces and shamelessly placed them close to winning positions, solidifying the point that they will ally with any forces for the protection and security of leader Lee. The People Power Party will definitely prevent these forces from entering the National Assembly. April 10 has truly become a day on which the fate of the nation hangs in the balance."

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