Justice Party's Kwon Youngguk: "Moonsoo Kim Should Retire from Politics, Not Run for President"

Youngguk Kwon, presidential candidate of the Social Great Transition Presidential Coalition and leader of the Justice Party, criticized the selection of former Minister of Employment and Labor Moonsoo Kim as the People Power Party's presidential candidate on May 3, stating, "He should retire from politics, not run for president."

Youngguk Kwon, presidential candidate of the Social Great Transition Presidential Coalition and leader of the Justice Party. Justice Party

In a statement released that day, Kwon said, "The far right is aiming for power," and described the development as "a provocation against democracy."

Kwon remarked, "I am well aware of former Minister Kim's hostility toward labor," pointing out that "he disparaged the Ssangyong Motor labor union as a 'suicide commando unit' and praised the low wages and poor working conditions at Gwangju Global Motors."

Kwon further stated, "All that remains for the degenerate People Power Party is insurrection," adding, "The spirits of all the workers and martyrs who have gone before us, the citizens in the public squares who follow them, and the will to live of every being on this land will reject you."