SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – An outspoken maverick on
Friday won the nomination of South Korea’s conservative party
for the next presidential election, and immediately denounced
the leaders of the United States, Russia and Japan.
Hong Joon-Pyo, governor of the southern province of
South Gyeongsang, became the Liberty Korea party’s standard-bearer
for the poll on May 9, securing 54 percent of votes in a
nationwide primary.
The 62-year-old prosecutor-turned-politician is renowned
for his incendiary rhetoric and declared following his victory:
“The time calls for a strongman with determination and a hot
temper.
“The leaders of the four great powers are far-right
nationalists, so the outlook will be gloomy for South Korea
if a weak leftist government is established.”
But his chances of victory in the presidential election —
and therefore of moving into the Blue House — are minimal.