Kang Wiwon Launches 'Citizen Fund' Symbolizing Party Members and Citizens' Operation Focus

Goal to Raise 100 Million Won with 10,000 People Donating 10,000 Won Each

"The Purpose Is to Gather Comrades to Join Together Rather Than Money"

Kang Wiwon, the standing representative of the Democratic Party of Korea's National Innovation Council, who entered the race for the chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea Gwangju Metropolitan City Party Committee, has created the ‘Kang Wiwon Citizen Fund’.

The main purpose of creating the citizen fund is to gather comrades to build a ‘member-centered Gwangju City Party,’ not for the sake of money, drawing attention to its intent.

According to Kang Wiwon, the standing representative of the Innovation Council on the 15th, the ‘Kang Wiwon Citizen Fund’ is a citizen fund where party members and citizens nationwide, including Gwangju, voluntarily raise the costs for Kang Wiwon’s campaign for the chairman of the Gwangju City Party Committee.

Participation is possible with amounts of 10,000 won or more, and rather than having many high-value participants, the goal is to raise a total of 100 million won by 10,000 people each contributing 10,000 won.

The agreed interest rate is 3.6% per annum, and repayment will be made within 30 days after the party convention in September.

Kang explained that the purpose of establishing the citizen fund is not only to raise election expenses but also to embody the values and aspirations of the Gwangju City Party they want to create.

He aims to recreate the spirit of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, when citizens gathered rice bit by bit to make rice balls and delivered them to the citizen army, symbolizing a community of solidarity and the Gwangju community, in the city party chairman election.

Unlike the past practice centered around eight Gwangju lawmakers, it is known to symbolize the creation of an innovative Gwangju City Party operated by 110,000 Gwangju Democratic Party members and 1.4 million Gwangju citizens at its core.

Representative Kang said, “While election expenses are necessary, fundamentally, this is about gathering people, not money,” and added, “We will gather 10,000 comrades to build a ‘member-centered Gwangju City Party’ together.”

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