On the 20th, Kim, the former Minister of Employment and Labor, held a press conference at the party headquarters in Seoul and said, "With heartless feelings,
"I am announcing my candidacy for the People Power Party leadership election," Kim said.
"I decided to run in order to rebuild our party and regain the trust of the people," he said. "As party leader, I will put a stop to the rampage of the Lee Jae-myung administration and create a more liberal and democratic Republic of Korea.
"We will innovate the 'power of the people' so that we can lead the country to greatness," he said. He continued, "Under Lee Jae-myung's dictatorship, the Republic of Korea is no longer a democratic republic," and "It is anti-American and far-left.
"Criminal forces have taken over the current administration and the Democratic Party (the ruling party, the Democratic Party of Korea)," he said. "We need a strong government that can stand up to the Lee administration.
"We will transform it into 'people power,'" he said, adding, "We will rebuild 'people power' and absolutely defend a free Republic of Korea."
2025/07/21 07:37 KST
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