Candidate Kang “I lost the fairness of not requesting an appearance”
▲ Independent candidate Kang Yong-seok for Gyeonggi Governor is registering as a candidate for the 8th National Simultaneous Local Election at the Gyeonggi Election Commission in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on the 12th. 2022.5.12 Yonhap News
Independent candidate Kang Yong-seok for Gyeonggi Governor’s injunction once morest the Korean Broadcasting Journalists’ Club and broadcasters was accepted, saying that he should not hold a TV debate in which only candidates from both parties of the People’s Power and Democratic Party except himself participated.
On the 25th, the Civil Division 51 of the Seoul Southern District Court (Senior Director Hwang Jeong-soo) decided that “The Korean Broadcasting Journalists’ Club should not hold the debate for the Gyeonggi Governor candidate scheduled for the 26th without the creditors (Candidate Kang).” The broadcasters also said that they should not relay or record the debate for the Gyeonggi Governor candidate, where Kang was excluded.
The court said, “It is difficult to believe that there is a reasonable basis for selecting only Kim Eun-hye and Kim Dong-yeon among the 6 candidates for the Gyeonggi governor. It satisfies the criteria for the discussion by obtaining the approval rating of the
He added, “As the date of this debate is one week before the election and has a very large impact on voters, it infringes on uninvited creditors’ right to an equal opportunity and voters’ right to know.”
Candidate Kang also appeared on the same day, saying, “Debate hosted by media organizations can follow the standards set by the press, but it must be fair. Not even making a request is clearly a loss of fairness.”
Reporter Park Sang-yeon