Former leader Song Young-gil has been confirmed as a candidate for Seoul mayor in the June 1 local elections of the Democratic Party of Korea. As a result, former CEO Song faced off against Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who had already confirmed the nomination for the People’s Power.
On the 29th, Lee Hak-young, chairman of the National Election Commission of the Democratic Party, said, “As a result of a public opinion poll for the mayor of Seoul, Song was selected as the candidate.” The Democratic Party’s candidate for Seoul mayor, Song and former lawmaker Kim Jin-ae, participated in the primary, but the Democratic Party did not disclose the percentage of votes received by each candidate.
At first, Song was even excluded from the nomination by the party leadership and the Strategic Nomination Management Committee, but after intense controversy, he participated in the primary and eventually won. Former CEO Song announced on the same day that he would “remove interest rate discrimination based on credit ratings” and is preparing for a battle with Mayor Oh.
However, within the Democratic Party, there is a reaction that “the former president Song was chosen as the candidate with only severe internal wounds going round and round.” Rep. Han Jung-jin said, “The party leadership has only provoked all kinds of conflicts without finding a new candidate.
In the runoff for the Democratic Party’s Jeonbuk provincial governor candidate held on the same day, former lawmaker Kim Kwan-young defeated re-elected lawmaker Ahn Ho-young and won the final. The percentage of votes received for the Jeonbuk-do governor’s primary was also not disclosed. In the intra-party primary, former lawmaker Kim Yun-deok and Ahn successively defeated re-elected lawmakers Kim Yun-deok and Ahn to secure the seat of the Jeonbuk-do governor.
Reporter Sang-Jun Han alwaysj@donga.com
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