“This election is the fault of our Democrats. All the people who filmed the Democratic Party became sinners.”
In a broadcast debate on candidates for the Busan Mayor of the Democratic Party of Korea, former Busan City Council Chairman Park In-young mentioned the sexual harassment case of former Seoul Mayor Oh Geo-don in his first words. In an interview with JoongAng Ilbo on the 18th, Chairman Park said, “Oh, I apologized because it is a personal issue of the mayor, but it is also the fault of the Democratic Party.” “I will not be bound by this issue and will continue to keep the movement to change Busan that the Democratic Party pursues. It means” he explained.
Preliminary candidates for the Democratic Party (from left) along with Seong-wan Byun, In-young Park and Young-chun Kim, who ran for the 4-7 Busan Mayor’s by-election, are taking a commemorative photo before the TV debate held at KNN in Haeundae-gu, Busan on the 17th. Reporter Song Bong-geun
He is the youngest candidate for the Democratic Party in his 40s. In a broadcast debate on the 17th, he threw checks against former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kim Young-chun, the leading candidate among passport candidates. When former Minister Kim said, “I will attract large and global companies to save the Busan economy,” Jeon Park criticized “It is a pity that we have not explored the concrete feasibility first.” Regarding Gaduk New Airport, he pointed out that “the past President Roh Moo-hyun and citizens sown seeds for 10 years, former Minister Kim is going to make it’Made by Kim Young-chun’.”
- Yesterday’s TV debate sharply criticized candidate Kim Young-chun’s pledge.
- It was a criticism in the thought that the culture of politicians having a big banquet with promises should disappear once an election is made. Now that the times are different, we cannot persuade citizens with such ad-balloon pledges. Yesterday was the Democratic Party’s primary debate, so I criticized candidate Kim Young-chun, but the promises such as the Urban Loop and the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel are more absurd.
- With the 1st pledge, they said they would invest 3 trillion won in the Busan city budget to recover from Corona 19, but is there any possibility?
- I am telling you because I have been dealing with the budget of Busan as the chairman of the city of Busan. It is not easy to adjust, but it is possible. The number of 3 trillion won means that Busan citizens are desperate.
Park, a supporter of former President Roh Moo-hyun, was elected as a proportional representative of the Uri Party in 2010 as a member of the Geumjeong-gu Assembly in Busan. After serving as the third council member, he became a Busan city councilor in the 2018 local election and was elected as the city council chairman. He is the youngest member of the Democratic Party of Busan City Council, and is the female chairman.
- There is an expectation that he is a young candidate who has experienced grassroots democracy while passing through Gu and City Council. What advantages are you going to show
- The politics of Busan was very stagnant. Those who used to do it all the time, and that rice is the herb. All of the candidates on the market now boast of their careers and experiences, which I think is synonymous with rigid thinking. Political imagination is required to change Busan. It will not only be a market that makes the sound of catching clouds, but a market where citizens accurately scratch the most difficult places.
- What kind of election is this Busan mayoral election defined?
- It is an election to save the lives of people suffering from the crisis due to Corona 19. It is an election to decide who will alleviate the pain of small and medium-sized businessmen, self-employed, and mothers suffering from 24-hour childcare in crisis.
He lags behind his competitors in polls. There are only three weeks left until the 11th of next month when the candidate is confirmed.
- Candidate Young-Chun Kim is far ahead of the approval rating. Do you have any plans to rebound
- According to polls, more than half of Democratic supporters have not yet decided on a candidate. I think I am looking forward to seeing who is talking about what the Busan citizens want the most and who can fight the most clearly against the candidate for the strength of the people. In the remaining three TV debates, I will persuade the supporters to increase the approval rating.
- In the process of attracting Gaduk New Airport, the position on the preliminary feasibility study, etc.
- Gadeok New Airport is a matter of balanced development of Korea. I hope that the Daegu-Gyeongbuk lawmakers will abandon the regional perspective and take care of it with a big win. It should be passed according to the original draft of a special law issued by the Democratic Party, including exemption from preliminary feasibility studies.
Former Chairman Park Hyung-joon, former head of the Blue House, a member of the People’s Power, who ranks first in the opinion polls across the ruling and opposition parties, said, “A person who has lived in Seoul for a long time and does not know Busan well.” He also said, “If you come down to Busan and talk about difficult things, you think the people of Busan will be depressed.”
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