After completing his filing at the Buk-gu Election Commission office in Busan that afternoon, Han told reporters he would “win this by-election” and “change Busan’s future and South Korea’s future to the end.” He said he would push Buk-gu Gap to “the next stage” and rebuild a conservative camp he described as having lost its direction.
Han said his victory would help restore a conservative bloc capable of properly checking the Lee administration. He also argued it would “normalize” what he called deviations by a People Power Party leadership faction led by Jang Dong-hyeok.
He said Buk-gu Gap has ranked low among Busan’s 18 constituencies for 20 years, and pledged to change that, saying he would make the district “Busan’s No. 1 priority” and “South Korea’s No. 1 priority.”
Criticizing Democratic Party candidate Ha Jung-woo, Han said Ha talks about physical artificial intelligence and port systems, but “Is there a port in Busan’s Buk-gu?” Han added that introducing physical AI in Buk-gu would cost workers their jobs, and said politicians should tailor policies to residents rather than forcing their own specialties onto a district.
On possible unification with the People Power Party candidate, Han said he wanted to question what he called a mindset of trying to block him even if it means losing to the Democratic Party. He said President Lee Jae-myung is pushing to cancel the prosecution in his own case, and accused the Jang-led faction of focusing only on stopping Han instead of checking Lee. “That is not proper politics,” he said.
Han added that Lee’s move to cancel the prosecution in his own case is “a clear ground for impeachment,” and said he would work with the public to stop it.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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