Justice Party "Force Yong Hye-in, today's Yong Hye-in to resign... It's a late but natural decision."

Regarding the voluntary resignation of Minister of Gender Equality and Family Minister Yong Hye-in, the Democratic Party of Korea said on the 13th, "I think the Basic Income Party and candidate Yong must have also thought a lot."

Democratic Party spokesman Lee Yong-woo met with reporters at the National Assembly after the high-level party-government conference that day and explained, "Other than what Candidate Yong mentioned during today's briefing, there is nothing further to confirm from the party leadership or the party's official position."

Spokesperson Lee said, "There are aspects of being cautious about expressing an opinion about someone who has been nominated as a candidate by another political party," and added, "We were looking at various situations, and on the other hand, various opinions were expressed within the party, including by the representative, although not directly."

He added, “(Candidate Yong) expressed his voluntary resignation, but this does not pose a major problem in the relationship between the two parties or with other political parties.” He added, “We will communicate and dialogue more closely with other political parties, including the Basic Income Party, to prevent it from becoming a problem.”

Earlier, Representative Kim Min-seok mentioned Candidate Yong's resignation in his plenary remarks at the Senior Party and Government Council meeting on this day, and said, "We will accelerate solidarity with progressive forces such as the Basic Income Party and discussions on political reform, and faithfully proceed with the personnel hearing."

The Basic Income Party, to which candidate Yong belongs, said, "We respect candidate Yong's decision."

Representative Oh Jun-ho wrote on Facebook that day, “The party and Candidate Yong discussed and shared concerns throughout the entire process, but how will we carry the weight of the decision?”

Representative Oh said, "Our strength was not enough to overcome the wall of the political environment. We still did not have enough strength to convey the truth and sincerity to the people," but added, "We accept even this as something that requires more effort."

On the other hand, the Justice Party said in a statement that day, "It was Yong Hye-in of the past that made Yong Hye-in resign today," and criticized it as "a late but natural decision."

The Justice Party said, "Just because Representative Yong resigns from his candidacy does not mean that the problem of satellite political parties disappears," and argued that "in addition to holding the party responsible for the controversy over the appointment of the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, we must properly discuss the issues of the electoral system and political reform that made satellite political parties possible."