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[Breaking] Hwang Kyo-ahn announces resignation as presidential candidate…"Voices support for Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party"

Korea Economic Daily

Summary

Independent candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn announced his resignation from candidacy and voiced his intention to support Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party.
Hwang expressed his firm support for helping candidate Kim Moon-soo in order to protect the government, clearly conveying his full endorsement alongside his resignation.
Hwang highlighted that Kim Moon-soo has pledged to prevent election fraud, mentioning this as the highest priority.

"Will do my utmost to protect the government at all costs"

"The final remaining task is to prevent election fraud"

Independent candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn announced his resignation from the presidential race and declared his support for Kim Moon-soo, the candidate of the People Power Party.

On the 1st, during a YouTube broadcast, Hwang stated, "I must rally all my remaining strength, so I will help candidate Kim Moon-soo. I support the work that Kim is doing," and emphasized, "I will resign and assist Kim so that we can do our utmost to protect the administration."

He said, "Now, my last remaining task is to prevent election fraud," adding, "Fortunately, candidate Kim has pledged to rectify election fraud as part of his campaign promises." He continued, "The ultimate mission is to prevent Lee Jae-myung from being elected," and added, "Kim is also the candidate who can stand against anti-state forces."

Park Soo-bin, Hankyung.com reporter waterbean@hankyung.