2024-01-17 08:36:52
People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon (left) and former People Power Party leader Kim Ki-hyun are shaking hands prior to a luncheon for senior officials with four or more terms held in Yeouido, Seoul on the 17th. Reporter Kim Ho-young As the ruling and opposition parties confirmed the general election nomination method one following another, not only active lawmakers but also prospective candidates were busy calculating gains and losses on the 17th.
The People Power Party’s Nomination Management Committee announced the most detailed nomination rules in history the day before, and some in the party responded by asking, ‘Isn’t the nomination massacre becoming a reality?’ In addition to the 15% deduction for active lawmakers who have served three or more terms in the same constituency and the exclusion of nominations for those in the bottom 10%, some are paying attention to the separate screening standards for non-party council chairs that were introduced for the first time.
An official from the People Power Party pointed out, “Members of the National Assembly or outside party committee chairs are evaluated by party audit, and non-party committee chairs are evaluated by their contribution to society,” and “Given that the concept of social contribution is ambiguous, it can be used to push specific people.” There are concerns that it may be used as a tool to nominate candidates from the President’s Office or Minister and Vice Minister Yoon Seok-yeol. Han Dong-hoon, Chairman of the People Power Party’s Emergency Response Committee, responded to the evaluation from the opposition party that this was a massacre of nominations for former prosecutors, saying, “Why does it lead to that logic?” and “It is a story I cannot agree with at all.”
In the Democratic Party of Korea, 17 constituencies where incumbent members have withdrawn from the party or declared not to run were designated as strategic constituencies, emerging as variables for nomination. According to a high-ranking Democratic Party official, there is a high possibility that constituencies favorable to the party will be selected as strategic nomination areas. At the same time, a red light has been turned on for the preparation of the Democratic Party’s ‘old boys’ and proportional representatives running in strategic constituencies for the general election. Amid the ’86 withdrawal theory’, there is an atmosphere within the party that believes that Old Boy’s candidacy will be an obstacle to reform. Such examples include former Presidential Chief of Staff Lim Jong-seok, who is running for office in Jungseong-dong Gap, Seoul, the constituency of floor leader Hong Ik-pyo, and former lawmaker Choi Min-hee, who is preparing to run for Namyang-ju Gap in Gyeonggi-do, the constituency of Rep. Cho Eung-cheon.
Additionally, because proportional representatives cannot receive a single nomination, it becomes difficult for them to run if the Strategic Nomination Management Committee does not make a decision on the primary.
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