2024-03-17 00:15:00
Lawyers Jae-myung Lee, Jin-sang Jeong, and Yong Kim nominate a large number of candidates from areas where the Democratic Party is strong.
“No new content was revealed. Nevertheless, it was an issue that was addressed even before the audition, and the party ended it by saying, ‘I think that’s enough.’ But suddenly this happened (overturned). The Strategic Nomination Management Committee (which handles strategic constituencies) cannot reconsider, so why overturn the decision? “In fact, I mightn’t even formally request (rectification) because there was no retrial procedure.”
Concerns regarding changing the method of selecting candidates
This is what former Blue House administrator Seong Chi-hoon said in a phone call with a reporter on March 13. There was controversy over the second perpetrator of the ‘Ahn Hee-jung sexual assault case’, but it was dismissed as an issue that had already been explained. Former administrator Seong said, “I asked the leadership (to correct the primary election process), but they responded with silence.” He ran in Seodaemun-gap, Seoul, which was designated as a ‘youth strategic constituency’ by the Democratic Party of Korea, and was among the three final candidates in the primary, but suffered a bitter defeat on March 8, the day following the announcement, when the Strategic and Public Relations Committee overturned the decision citing public expectations. In particular, controversy grew as lawyer Kim Dong-ah, who was initially eliminated during this process, became a candidate for the primary. Attorney Kim is referred to as the ‘Daejang-dong lawyer’ as he represented former party leader Jeong Jin-sang, the closest associate of Representative Lee Jae-myung, to the political affairs coordination office.
As the Democratic Party’s nomination process enters its final phase, people who supported Representative Lee’s legal response to judicial risks are being nominated one following another (see table). In addition to Attorney Kim, Democratic Party Legal Committee Chairman Yang Boon-nam, who oversaw Representative Lee’s response to judicial issues, won the nomination in Gwangju Seo-gu, and Park Gyun-taek, the party’s special legal adviser who directly defended Representative Lee in the trial, also became a Gwangju Gwangsan-gap candidate. Attorney Kim Ki-pyo, who defended former Vice Director Kim Yong of the Korea Institute for Democracy, a close associate of Representative Lee, was nominated to Bucheon-eul, Gyeonggi-do, and attorney Geon-tae Lee, who was the lawyer for former Director Jeong, also a close associate of Representative Lee, was nominated to Bucheon-eul, Gyeonggi-do. Attorney Lee Young-seon, who served as special legal advisor to Lee Jae-myung’s camp during the 2022 presidential election, succeeded in advancing to the finals in Sejong Gap. He took the lead in filing a criminal complaint for spreading false information regarding the fall accident of CEO Lee’s spouse, Kim Hye-kyung.
The Democratic Party is experiencing controversy over the nomination of the so-called ‘pro-Myeongseok’ in this general election. In the same context, noise continued in their nomination process. Seodaemun Gap in Seoul, a strategic youth constituency, initially tried to decide on a candidate through 100% voting by the central committee, but was met with criticism that “it is not common for the central committee to decide on candidates for the district.” Afterwards, it was changed to 70% of Rights Party members and 30% of Seodaemun Gap voters, but criticism continued that “the votes of Rights Party members have a stronger influence than local voters.” Since many of the Rights Party members are known to be strong supporters of Representative Lee, there were voices saying, “Isn’t this a method for the pro-Lee Jae-myung (pro-Myung) faction?”
In particular, the controversy amplified as Attorney Kim, who was not among the ‘final three’, overturned his elimination and received a nomination letter. Ahn Gyu-baek, chairman of the Democratic Party’s Strategic and Public Relations Committee, said, “There were strong issues raised (regarding former administrator Seong) by civic groups, women’s groups, etc., and it was (excluded) because there was a need to respond promptly to public requests,” but there were voices of criticism inside and outside the party. comes out. Former administrator Seong’s position is, “They changed the candidate without any procedures or explanation.” Rep. Seo Byeong-soo of the People Power Party criticized on Facebook on March 12, “They even revived Daejang-dong lawyer, who was eliminated in fourth place, and gave him the nomination ticket.”
Lawyers who defeated the powerful
All six candidates who helped Representative Lee and Mr. Kim respond to the law were nominated in areas where support for the Democratic Party was strong. Gwangju Gwangsan-gap, Gwangju Seo-gu, and Sejong-gap are constituencies where the conservative party has never won in a general election. Seodaemun Gap in Seoul is an area where the Democratic United Party (currently the Democratic Party) and Democratic Party candidates were elected in succession in the last three general elections. Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Sang-ho is currently serving, and he served his fourth term here. Bucheon-eul and Bucheon-byeong are also areas where Democratic Party candidates won in all three recent general elections.
It is also noteworthy that these candidates competed once morest leading and active lawmakers and won. Bucheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do is the constituency of Rep. Kim Sang-hee, a four-term senior member of the non-Lee Jae-myung faction and former vice-chairman of the National Assembly. Representative Kim succeeded in winning three consecutive terms in the Bucheon disease region, and was selected as an excellent lawmaker in the Democratic Party’s government audit last year, but was defeated by lawyer Lee Geon-tae. In Gwangju Gwangsan Gap, incumbent lawmaker Lee Yong-bin lost to lawyer Park Gyun-taek.
There were instances where incumbent lawmakers withdrew from the party, anticipating that they would be eliminated from the nomination. Bucheon-eul, Gyeonggi Province, where lawyer Kim Ki-pyo was nominated, is the constituency of independent lawmaker Seol Hoon. Rep. Seol withdrew from the Democratic Party in opposition to the notice of low evaluation of incumbent lawmakers ahead of his bid for a fourth consecutive term in Bucheon-eul, Gyeonggi Province.
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Choi Jin-ryeol, Weekly Donga Reporter [email protected]
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