On the 16th, urban small business owners nationwide declared their support for Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea.
Kim Young-hung, Jo Geum-jae, Yoo Myung-chun, Won Seong-hwa, Hong Seok-tae, and Moon Young-hwan, six representatives of urban small business owners, said at the National Assembly communication room at 1 p.m. that "the candidate who best understands the situation of small businesses and can realize the wishes of small business owners is none other than Lee Jae-myung."
They noted, "Having served as mayor of Seongnam and governor of Gyeonggi Province, we will choose this candidate as the 21st President, who has shown practical administration and policy execution capabilities, and who has consistently stood with the people and the weak against injustices despite all the oppression from the Yoon Suk-yeol government."
They added, "Although the 'Special Act on Supporting Urban Small Business Owners' was enacted in 2014, it is insufficient to capture the rapidly changing industrial scene," and emphasized, "It is necessary to modernize the bill to incorporate changes in industrial structures, such as the development of artificial intelligence (AI), and to systematically foster the root technologies possessed by K-small businesses across all industrial sectors."
Yoon Hoo-deok, co-head of the Democratic Party of Korea's Livelihood Improvement Headquarters, expressed gratitude, saying, "I sincerely thank the 1.5 million small business owners for choosing this candidate and declaring their support," adding that "this candidate will improve the poor environment of small business owners through the amendment of the 'Special Act on Supporting Urban Small Business Owners' and secure their competitiveness."
Meanwhile, the press conference for the declaration of support for urban small business owners included In Tae-yeon, co-head of the Livelihood Improvement Headquarters, and Song Jae-bong, deputy head of the Vocational Headquarters.