Park Wansu Opens "Open Wansu Camp" ... "Making Gyeongnam Upright and the Best Local Government"

"Only for Gyeongnam, only for the people of the province, I will dedicate my final passion to set Gyeongnam straight and make it the very best."

Park Wansu, the People Power Party candidate for governor of South Gyeongsang Province seeking re-election, made this statement at the opening ceremony of the 'Wansu Camp' on May 10.

The campaign office opening ceremony, held at Park Wansu's campaign office in Seongsan-gu, Changwon, was conducted under the name "Open Wansu Camp Opening Ceremony."

Unlike traditional candidate-centered events, the ceremony drew attention by having representatives of local residents take the stage themselves to share their reasons for supporting Park and their hopes for the candidate.

Park Wansu, the People Power Party candidate for Governor of Gyeongnam Province (fourth from the left in the front row), is holding the opening ceremony of the 'Wansu Camp' with supporters at the Changwon Seongsan-gu election office. [Photo by the Park Wansu campaign team]

The event was attended by members of the Citizens' Election Countermeasures Committee, supporters, mayor and county governor candidates from 18 cities and counties, party members running in the local elections, and about 200 students from the student councils of various universities in the province—a total of around 2,000 people participated.

National Assembly members Kim Taeho, Park Dae-chul, Jeong Jeom-sik, Choi Hyung-du, Seo Il-jun, Seo Cheon-ho, Kim Jong-yang, and Lee Jong-wook were also present to lend their support.

The opening remarks were delivered by Yoon Yong-hyun, a citizen election committee chair and a teacher from Hadong.

Chairman Yoon declared, "The true owners of Gyeongnam are its people, and the pillar supporting Gyeongnam is Park Wansu," expressing his support by saying, "Only if Park Wansu becomes governor of Gyeongnam can 3.3 million residents enjoy a warm and happy Gyeongnam."

Citizen election committee chair Kim Sumi also said, "I used to keep my distance from politics because of politicians who put on political shows, but after seeing Park Wansu work as governor and bring about positive changes in Gyeongnam over the past four years, I started to feel differently." She added, "For the first time, I even changed my profile picture to one of Park Wansu, which shows how much my perspective has changed."

A youth representative stated, "Young people need an environment that guarantees a fair start and a predictable future," and delivered a proposal containing the wishes of university students in the province to Park Wansu.

Park Wansu, the People Power Party candidate for Governor of South Gyeongsang Province (center front row), is pledging victory in the June 3 local elections together with mayor and county governor candidates and members of the National Assembly from 18 cities and counties in the province. [Photo by Park Wansu's Campaign Team]

Those gathered united as a single team around Park Wansu and staged a performance under the slogan "We will protect Gyeongnam," vowing to achieve victory in the 9th nationwide local elections.

They also pledged, "Let us overcome the imbalanced political landscape and unite the aspirations of Gyeongnam residents to secure an overwhelming victory."

Park addressed the residents present at the ceremony, saying, "For the past four years, the governor, mayors, county governors, and provincial council members have all worked as one team," and promised, "For the next four years, we will all continue as one team to make Gyeongnam even more upright and turn it into the nation’s top local government."

He further emphasized, "If I am elected governor, I will work only for Gyeongnam and its people. If you grant me another opportunity, I will devote my final passion entirely to Gyeongnam."

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