Jung Won-oh Responds to Jang Dong-hyuk's Comments on Conservative Party

Jung Won-oh, the Democratic Party's candidate for Seoul mayor, leaves a press conference on May 13 after announcing a property tax reduction pledge for retirees with no income and one home. [Photo=Yonhap News]

Jung Won-oh, the Democratic Party's candidate for Seoul mayor, responded to comments made by Jang Dong-hyuk, the leader of the People Power Party, regarding Jung's past assault incident. Jung advised Jang to focus on his own party's candidates instead.
According to Yonhap News on May 17, Jung stated on his social media that Jang had claimed he would have been expelled if he were part of a conservative party. Jung remarked, "I have never been interested in parties created by military dictators since my youth. This is just nonsense."
Jung further asserted, "In fact, the person facing expulsion from the conservative party, the People Power Party, is Jang himself. Is Jang a pro-Yoon or an anti-Yoon? Even members of the People Power Party are curious about this."
He added, "Is he campaigning in Seoul and Busan? Even candidates from his own party are reluctant to have him join their campaign events."
Jung criticized Jang's leadership, stating, "The dignity of a party leader is at stake. Instead of focusing on candidates from other parties, a party leader should prioritize the concerns of their own candidates."
Earlier that day, Jang had referenced Jung's past assault incident on Facebook, criticizing Democratic Party candidates Song Young-gil, Woo Sang-ho, and Kim Min-seok by stating, "Politicians who were in a karaoke bar in Gwangju on the eve of the May 18 incident 26 years ago would have been expelled from a conservative party long ago."

* This article has been translated by AI.

Lee Seongjin