Official Declaration of Candidacy for the 22nd General Election in Gwangju Gwangsan Eul
Announces Challenge for Key Party Position at the Party Convention After the General Election
Min Hyung-bae, a member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea (Gwangju Gwangsan-eul), officially declared his candidacy for the 22nd general election.
On the morning of the 20th, Min held a press conference at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council and declared, “I am running in the 22nd general election to put an early end to prosecutorial dictatorship, revive democracy and people’s livelihoods, and promote the growth of Gwangju and Gwangsan.”
He continued, “Over the past four years, I have received immense love and support from the citizens of Gwangju,” adding, “Thanks to that, I was able to devote myself to normalizing the prosecution, social reform, and the development of Gwangju in the National Assembly.”
He also highlighted his leadership over the past two years since the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration in ▲investigating the truth and punishing those responsible for the October 29 disaster ▲enacting special prosecution laws for Kim Geon-hee and the Daejang-dong 5 billion club ▲calling for the resignation of the incompetent cabinet ▲and impeaching corrupt prosecutors.
He stated, “The fierce resistance against prosecutorial dictatorship was commanded by the citizens of Gwangju and residents of Gwangsan-gu,” and added, “As a politician from Gwangju, I stood at the forefront to fulfill the citizens’ mandate.”
He further emphasized, “Judging Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial dictatorship is a prerequisite for restoring people’s livelihoods,” and stressed, “Only by correcting abnormalities such as the economic collapse caused by soaring prices under the current administration, silencing citizens, and the investigation interference and suspect escape in the case of Private Chae’s death can South Korea move toward the future.”
Min also announced six major pledges.
He vowed to end the Yoon Seok-yeol administration before its scheduled term through constitutional amendments or other means, and to prevent the president’s abuse of veto power and unlawful executive decree governance.
He promised to complete the normalization of the prosecution. He pledged to introduce the “Prosecution Normalization Act” (amendments to the Prosecutors’ Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act) as his first bill to completely separate the prosecution’s investigative and prosecutorial powers. He also explained plans to eliminate the prosecution’s excessive power through legislation by introducing a crime of legal distortion and restricting prosecutors from running for public office.
He expressed his determination to investigate and punish the illegalities, law violations, and state corruption of the current administration. He promised to hold accountable those who collaborated with Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial dictatorship through investigations into the interference in the investigation of Private Chae’s death and the Kim Geon-hee special prosecution, and pledged a firm response against attempts to distort the May 18 Democratic Uprising, including enshrining it in the preamble of the constitution.
Regarding Gwangju, he proposed expanding the foundation for future industries. He plans to establish a Gwangju-Jeonnam ultra-wide area energy megacity and build advanced industrial bases such as artificial intelligence and future cars to secure Gwangju’s future economic resources.
He pledged to minimize citizen inconvenience during the construction of Subway Line 2, establish a convenient and eco-friendly transportation system, build a complex shopping mall beneficial to citizens while minimizing damage to local alleyway businesses. He also aims to develop Gwangsan-eul as the center of education in Gwangju by constructing the new Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education building in Sinchang-dong (Gwangsan-gu), and to carefully manage citizens’ welfare, safety, culture, and arts.
He expressed his resolve to revive “expanded local autonomy,” which was steadily promoted during the democratic government but sidelined under the current administration, as a major agenda in central politics.
In particular, Min revealed plans to challenge for a key party position at the party convention if elected in the general election, aiming to enhance the presence of Gwangju politics and address the task of restoring Honam politics.
He concluded, “This general election is a vote to judge Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial dictatorship,” and urged, “I ask the sovereign citizens to politically judge Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial dictatorship regime with votes stronger than guns. Myself and the Democratic Party lawmakers will end Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial dictatorship regime early through laws and systems.”
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