On the 7th, 'Unusual Bus 6411' Departure Ceremony
Justice Party: "Will Reflect the Reform Aspirations of Citizens Excluded by 34 Years of Entrenched Two-Party Politics"
First Destination: Taean, Chungnam, Attending Memorial for Late Young Worker Kim Yong-gyun
[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Sim Sang-jung, the Justice Party's presidential candidate, announced that she will continue her grassroots campaign by riding the 'Bus 6411,' which embodies the philosophy and dreams of the late lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, to meet citizens placed in the blind spots of labor rights protection until next year's presidential election.
Presidential candidate Sim Sang-jung and members of the campaign committee held the launch ceremony for the 'Unusual Bus 6411' at the National Assembly on the 7th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@
On the 7th, Candidate Sim held a launch ceremony for the 'Unusual 6411' at the National Assembly in Yeouido, stating, "Over the next three months, I will meet the nameless 6411 citizens across the country who are guarding the outermost edges of our society, join hands with them, and bring back the passionate public energy to overthrow 34 years of entrenched vested interests in politics."
Candidate Sim said, "This presidential election is being held without labor, without livelihood, and without a future," adding, "From today, the 'Unusual Bus' must run into the midst of the citizens and deliver the message. I hope you will shout out, 'Here is a candidate who has labor, a future, and a prepared life for the citizens.'"
She continued, "I will bring a Sim Sang-jung government that never betrays sweat, a just society where everyone is respected as they are and can express their individuality and potential, and a country where citizens' lives are like those in advanced nations," emphasizing, "I will ride this 'Unusual Bus' departing today and return on March 9 next year with a 'very unusual result.'"
The first destination of the 'Unusual 6411 Bus' departing that day was the 3rd anniversary memorial service at the Taean Thermal Power Plant site for the late Kim Yong-gyun.
On the same day, Yeo Young-guk, the Justice Party's overall executive election committee chairman, said, "If the two-person team work obligation had been observed, the young worker Kim Yong-gyun, who would have been in his late twenties by now, would be with us at this memorial service," adding, "We will change the survival labor conditions where workers have no time to eat and have to rely on cup noodles for meals and even have to buy flashlights for work out of their own pockets."
He also said, "We will inspect the facilities at the Taean Thermal Power Plant site and meet with healthcare workers to discuss long working hours and strengthening the medical system," adding, "We will visit workers at Gwangyang Steelworks in Jeollanam-do and Namhae Chemical to repay the debt owed to Kim Yong-gyun and ensure that no young person's name will ever be remembered as a painful name again."
He emphasized that this is different from Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate's 'Mae-ta Bus,' and Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party's presidential candidate's 'Red Hoodie.'
Chairman Yeo said, "The Justice Party and Candidate Sim Sang-jung will approach the citizens who cannot get on the Mae-ta Bus and those who are hurt and despair again by the red hoodie," adding, "We will end the 34 years of two-party vested interest politics that have treated citizens like invisible people and will definitely establish a Sim Sang-jung government that exists for the citizens."
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