Candidate Choi Dae-jip, Mokpo Medical School Cancelled... "Candidate Kim Won-i Must Take Political Responsibility"

Failed to Secure Mokpo Medical School Through Jeonnam Region Medical School Public Recruitment

Repeated Calls for "Candidate Kim Won's Withdrawal" in Front of Kim Won's Campaign Office

Choi Dae-jip, the Sonamudang candidate for Mokpo City National Assembly, once again urged candidate Kim Won to resign from his candidacy during a campaign rally in front of Kim Won's campaign office at Sangdong Formo Cube on the afternoon of the 9th. He stated that Kim should take political responsibility for the de facto collapse of Mokpo Medical School.

At the rally, Choi released a statement saying, “The bid to establish Mokpo Medical School was already considered lost back in 2020 before the general election, when the Democratic Party held a ‘Policy Research and Implementation Agreement Ceremony for the Establishment of a Medical School in the Southeast Region (Suncheon).’ Even then, candidate Kim naively viewed the situation and attended the agreement ceremony,” he criticized.

On the afternoon of the 9th, candidate Choi Dae-jip urged candidate Kim Won to withdraw during a campaign rally in front of Kim Won's election office. [Photo by Choi Dae-jip's election office]

He added, “This time, President Yoon Seok-yeol mentioned the establishment of a new medical school in the Jeonnam region, and the Jeonnam Provincial Government set a policy to open a call for medical school proposals within the province. As a result, the final conclusion is expected to be the same as four years ago, favoring Suncheon for the medical school in the Jeonnam region,” and raised his voice, “Yet candidate Kim Won is still lying to the citizens of Mokpo with the false promise of ‘establishing Mokpo Medical School,’ just like four years ago.”

He continued, “This morning, I strongly demanded the withdrawal of the policy to open a call for medical school proposals in front of the Jeonnam Provincial Government and also proposed a joint response from the entire western region,” and pointed out, “It was candidate Kim Won, the ‘icon of Mokpo Medical School establishment,’ who should have taken the lead in this matter, even if it meant stopping his election campaign.”

Candidate Choi Dae-jip said, “On the 3rd and 4th, over two consecutive days, I formally requested candidate Kim Won to resign and retire from politics as a measure of taking responsibility for the collapse of his key campaign pledge,” and added, “Now, one day before the election, I once again formally demand candidate Kim Won’s resignation and retirement from politics.”

Finally, he pledged, “Regarding the issue of establishing Mokpo Medical School, I promise the citizens of Mokpo that I will pioneer a new path through the re-promotion of the new Mokpo Medical School.”

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