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Cheon Ha-ram Apologizes at Site of Jeong Yi-han’s Alleged Staged Attack: “We Made the Wrong Nomination”

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Reform Party acting leader Cheon Ha-ram apologized to Busan residents for nominating former mayoral candidate Jeong Yi-han.
  • Cheon said the party should have conducted a more thorough vetting process before selecting a candidate accused of staging an attack involving a thrown drink.
  • The apology comes as the party prepares for a leadership election after its previous leadership resigned following local-election defeat.

Cheon Ha-ram went to the site of Jeong Yi-han’s alleged staged attack in Busan and apologized directly to residents for the Reform Party’s nomination.

On the morning of Sept. 2, Cheon, the party’s floor leader and acting leader, stood near Guseo Station in Geumjeong District with a large placard around his neck. He bowed to commuters and apologized for the nomination of the former Busan mayoral candidate.

We should have carried out a more thorough and careful verification process when selecting the Reform Party’s candidate for Busan mayor, but we failed to do so.

— Cheon Ha-ramCheon accepted responsibility for the party’s vetting of Jeong Yi-han.

“We should have carried out a more thorough and careful verification process when selecting the Reform Party’s candidate for Busan mayor, but we failed to do so,” Cheon said. “We nominated a candidate who did something that should never have been done, staging an attack. We came here, though late, to apologize directly to the people of Busan.”

We nominated a candidate who did something that should never have been done, staging an attack.

— Cheon Ha-ramCheon referred to the alleged staged attack involving the former candidate.

The location was where Jeong allegedly staged an attack involving a drink being thrown. Cheon’s apology comes while the Reform Party prepares a convention to elect its next leadership after former leader Lee Jun-seok resigned, taking responsibility for the party’s defeat in the local elections.

Speculation about a merger with the People Power Party emerged after Lee and the rest of the leadership resigned. The Reform Party has stressed that it will not change its independent political course.

We came here, though late, to apologize directly to the people of Busan.

— Cheon Ha-ramCheon explained his public apology at the site of the incident.
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