Hong Joon-pyo, former mayor of Daegu, on Monday criticized conservative figures running in the June 3 local elections and by-elections, calling them “shameless” and “thick-faced.”
In a Facebook post, Hong said they were seeking office after “ruining the administration,” adding that they were running in by-elections and local government races “just to save themselves.”
He also faulted parties for nominating them and voters for supporting them, saying South Korea’s conservative camp had become “a bizarre mess.” He added that some people, after being cut from consideration, did not leave the party and instead focused on attacking from within, asking how elections could succeed under those conditions.
Using a metaphor, Hong said it would be better to leave a well and spit than to keep trying to drink from it while spitting into it. “A local election is a local election,” he wrote, but warned that “the bigger confusion will come after the local elections.”
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