[5] On the day of her selection as the Social Democratic Party candidate, Hong gave a speech, saying that, "female presidents will create political miracles."
[4] Hong also said that she would encourage female ministers and promote bold policies for women's liberation.
Hong threw her support behind candidate Kim Young-sam, speaking at a rally, "the foremost task we are facing now is to terminate the military dictatorship.
To that end, I decided to support the leading candidate, disregarding my ideological differences with him.
"[8] However, Kim Young-sam lost to the general Roh Tae-woo, hand-picked heir of former military president Chun Doo-hwan.