Yeosu City Council Member Kim Youngkyu Registers as Preliminary Candidate for Mayor of Yeosu

"I Will Take Responsibility for Yeosu's Tomorrow Based on My Experience"

On the morning of the 20th, former Chairman of the Yeosu City Council Kim Youngkyu completed his registration as the first preliminary candidate for Mayor of Yeosu and began his full-fledged campaign.

Kim, a six-term city council member who also serves as Vice Chairman of the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, finished his preliminary registration at the Yeosu City Election Commission that morning and said in his opening remarks, "Today's single step is a new beginning and the gravest promise that I will take responsibility for Yeosu's tomorrow."

Expressing deep concern over the recent crisis facing Yeosu, preliminary candidate Kim referred to the stagnation of the industrial complex and the lack of jobs, the deep sighs of small business owners, the young people leaving, and the declining population, stating, "Vague hopes or empty words cannot cover up this heavy reality," and adding, "I will no longer postpone or turn away from it, but will prove myself through action."

In particular, based on the on-site experience he has accumulated through his long legislative career, he said, "I will stand closer to the people and make their most urgent voices the top priority of city administration," and added, "I will become a mayor who stands on the 'side of Yeosu,' resolving conflicts wisely without aggravating them."

Preliminary candidate Kim pledged to citizens, saying, "I will make Yeosu a city where there are new opportunities for the local economy and reasons for young people to return," and "I will keep even the smallest promise without fail and, by doing so, build trust as I move forward more humbly and more solidly together with the citizens."

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