“Respect the victim’s intentions as much as possible… the perpetrator is severely punished with zero tolerance”
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On the 25th, the Jeonbuk Provincial Party of the Justice Party said, “I will make more efforts to realize gender equality through deep reflection on the resignation of the chairman Kim Jong-cheol because of sexual harassment.
Through the opinion statement on the day, the party said, “I am sorry for the embarrassing and terrible news to the party members and citizens.” “It is a sexual assault incident caused by the party’s representative in the political party that has taken the lead to realize gender equality. I think,” he said. In addition, he lowered his head, saying, “The Justice Party will respect the victims’ intentions as much as possible and make daily recovery a top priority, and the perpetrators will be severely punished with the principle of zero tolerance,” he said. “I sincerely apologize to the members of the Party and the people who loved and cherished the Justice Party.”
Earlier, CEO Kim mentioned in his written statement on the day that “I deeply apologize to the party members and the people.” Regarding the sexual harassment incident on the 15th, he said, “This was a place I asked for.” “At the dinner, I mainly focused on my requests for the party’s future plans, the role of the legislator, and Jang’s political activities as an individual legislator. We shared opinions.” “While waiting for the car with me after the meal, I committed an overt sexual harassment by making inappropriate physical contact with the victim that the victim did not want and gave no consent at all.” “It was an act without excuses and the victim was seriously hurt. . I sincerely apologize to the victim again,” he said.
He said, “The victim complained about my harassment, and I apologized afterwards, but as a representative of the public party, I cannot just go over it.” He said, “I decided to discipline me in three ways. Delivered. First, I will withdraw from the party’s office, second, I will complete sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention education, and third, I will receive severe disciplinary action from the party by suing myself to the current justice party committee.”
“In the course of discussions with the victims afterwards, my abuse was a matter that took place in the public party, so the third responsibility is not to file a complaint with the current committee, but rather a formal request for severe disciplinary action by official bodies such as the party’s delegation meeting. He said, “For this reason, I request severe disciplinary action against me from the Justice Party delegation and the current committee.” “The victim was very hurt by my unforgivable sexual harassment. In particular, the victim continued to show political trust in me, and I apologized, saying, “I apologize again,” saying, “I betrayed that trust and repaid my trust with betrayal.”
/ Reporter Jisu Kang [email protected]
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