Hong Jun-pyo Opens Yangsan-eul Election Office Despite No Party Decision Yet

Hong Joon-pyo, former leader of the Liberty Korea Party [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Former Liberty Korea Party leader Hong Joon-pyo announced on the 24th that he registered as a preliminary candidate for Yangsan-eul, Gyeongnam, and opened an election office, effectively confirming his candidacy for the April 15 general election in Yangsan.

Kim Hyung-o, the Future United Party's nomination committee chairman, is known to have advised former leader Hong to run in a challenging district in the Seoul metropolitan area. It seems that Hong decided on his own before the party's decision was made.

On the same day, Hong wrote on his Facebook, "I have opened a local election office in Yangsan-eul, Gyeongnam, and completed the preliminary candidate registration. Due to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus infection) situation, I cannot campaign in person, so from tomorrow, I will have no choice but to greet people by phone."

Regarding Kim Doo-kwan, the Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker running in Yangsan-eul, he said, "Candidate Kim Doo-kwan boldly claimed that he would settle me in Yangsan. The citizens of Yangsan on April 15 will judge who will be settled."

Kim Hyung-o, Chairman of the Future United Party's Nomination Management Committee, is attending the Future United Party Nomination Management Committee meeting held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building on the morning of the 24th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Meanwhile, after finishing interviews with nomination applicants on the same day, Chairman Kim told reporters, "Whether one's own will is more important or whether the decision made by our Nomination Committee (Gonggwanwi) is for the party and the country, if they think a little more, the answer is very clear," adding, "Where to go is a matter that the public already knows."

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