The Democratic Party of Korea leadership visited Pyeongtaek-eul in Gyeonggi on the 30th to support candidate Kim Yong-nam.
Hwang Myung-seon, a senior member of the Democratic Party, said at the Pyeongtaek on-site Deputy Ministers meeting held the morning of the same day at candidate Kim's campaign office in Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek, "At the Honam nominees convention on May, it was made clear that 'not a single seat should be given to the Rebuilding Korea Party or independent candidates,'" and added, "Democratic Party candidates must win by a landslide to solidly support the state affairs of the Lee Jae-myung administration."
Hwang said, "Candidate Kim Yong-nam is a dependable candidate of the ruling party with a possible hotline to the central government," adding, "Pyeongtaek is a city where the Samsung Electronics semiconductor campus, Pyeongtaek Port, and U.S. Forces Korea bases coexist, and more than any city, it desperately needs the national budget and cooperation from the central government. If an opposition candidate or a minor party candidate wins, the hotline will be cut."
Chief general election director Cho Seung-rae also said of candidate Kim Yong-nam, "A candidate chosen by President Lee Jae-myung and nominated by the Democratic Party," adding, "A fake Democratic Party candidate is deceiving people as if they were the real thing. It is unlikely, but if you vote for the fake Democratic Party, it could end up as the People Power Party."
Policy director Han Jeong-ae also said, "On installing a KTX station that candidate Kim Yong-nam promises, and extending GTX-A Line and C Line, and installing Seojeong-ri Station, the Democratic Party will vouch for and promise these," adding, "Only if Pyeongtaek residents choose Democratic Party candidates can we properly push ahead with various tasks for Pyeongtaek residents."
Candidate Kim Yong-nam said, "From the very moment talk emerged—even before the party nomination—that I might run in Pyeongtaek-eul, the opposing candidate's camp immediately started negative campaigning and has been consistent to this day," adding, "I believe the wise voters of Pyeongtaek-eul will judge with their ballots what the election landscape the people want should look like, and in what direction our politics should move forward."