Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party's Seoul mayoral candidate, said on the 27th, "We must not repeat the nightmare of a particular force sucking up taxpayers' money like a pipeline," adding, "I will overwhelmingly complete Seoul as a 'special city for quality of life.'"
After completing his preliminary candidate registration that day, Oh said in a post on social media (SNS) titled "Starting today, we're jumping up with Seoul!" that "today, as the People Power Party's Seoul mayoral candidate, I took the first step to be with citizens."
That day, after registering as a preliminary candidate, Oh officially launched the election camp "Jumping Up." He said, "If the past five years were a time to restore the stepping stones, now it is a promise to jump higher together with citizens on top of them and unleash Seoul's potential." As he put a Seoul that had stagnated for 10 years during a previous mayoral term onto a trajectory of change, he said it is now time to fully unleash that potential on the foundation that has been laid and complete it.
The campaign office was selected as "Daewang Building" in Gwanchung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Oh's side described it as a strategic base symbolizing the revival of the old city center and balanced development between Gangnam and Gangbuk.
Oh said, "Above all, I poured all my capabilities into solving the task of housing stability," adding, "During nine years of Democratic Party city administration, the number of designated maintenance zones averaged 13,000 units per year, but over the past five years we raised it to an annual average of 48,000 units. We achieved the pledge to supply 363,000 dwellings early within the term, and we also completed a roadmap to break ground on 310,000 units by 2031."
He went on, "We have also begun to see results," adding, "In 2025 alone, 50,000 apartments were completed, a figure that is 27.1% higher than the five-year average."
Oh also said, "Economic hubs that the world is watching, such as the Yongsan International Business District, Seoul Port, and Nodeul Global Arts Island, are each taking shape," adding, "The Global Power City Index (GPCI) has risen from eighth to sixth. We have chased fifth-place Singapore to the brink."
He added, "There are also many innovations that have seeped into daily life like air," saying, "The '120 Dasan Call Center,' introduced in 2007, reduced civil service wait times from 67 minutes to 23 seconds, lowering the threshold of administration. Seoul Learn, Wrist Doctor 9988, and the Climate Companion Card have now become a solid foundation supporting our neighbors' lives."
Oh said, "But if we stop even for a moment, the dark past will once again try to cross Seoul's threshold," adding, "We must not repeat the nightmare of a particular force sucking up taxpayers' money like a pipeline. Together with citizens, we will block to the end any attempt to turn Seoul back into an ideological testing ground."
He added, "I believe the heavy first button fastened today is a solemn mandate from citizens, and I will button it to the end," saying, "I will look only to the citizens as I move forward."