Former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, announced today (20th) the schedule to announce her candidacy for the presidency and formalized her challenge for the presidency.
With the official joining of former Minister Choo, the competition for the upper-middle and upper ranks of the opposition presidential race is expected to heat up.
Former Minister Choo posted on Facebook today, saying, "After a long deliberation, I have decided to raise the flag high for a 'world where people are high'" and announced his candidacy for president through YouTube's 'Chu Mi-ae TV' at 2 pm on the 23rd. said that he would do so.
"Nothing is higher than people. People are higher than money, higher than land, higher than power," he said. "A country that exalts people embodies the constitutional spirit of sovereign citizens and raises the dignity of the people on the road to advanced power." He explained his vision for the presidency.
It is a slogan that reminds us of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun's 'a world where people live' and President Moon Jae-in's 'People come first'.
As the head of the Ministry of Justice until his retirement earlier this year, former Minister Choo is a hard-line pro-Minist who has led the Moon Jae-in administration's prosecution reform stance by spearheading the process of launching the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Agency.
Former Minister of Justice Chu, who was a party to the conflict between Choo and Yoon (Chu Mi-ae and Yoon Seok-yeol) during his time as justice minister, said, "No one knows Yoon Seok-yeol as well as I do. I'm a pheasant." 's sniper has been appointed.
In a Facebook post, former Minister Chu said, "The candidacy declaration ceremony is held in a non-face-to-face, on-contact manner. When I was struggling against the resistance of reform, I will see you live through 'Chu Mi-ae TV', which has 210,000 subscribers, which the people of the people made for strength. will,” he added.
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