Controversy over 'Illegal Inquiry of Party Members' Confirmed Re-election in Democratic Party's Gwangju Gwangsan-eul

Yeosu Gap Ju Cheol-hyun, Kang Hwa-su, Kim Yu-hwa 'Re-election'

Gwangsan-eul Under Reexamination · Gwangju Dongnam Gap Reexamination Dismissed

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Democratic Party primary election in Gwangsan-gu (Eul), Gwangju Metropolitan City, which was embroiled in controversy over unfair primaries due to illegal inquiries of party members, will be held again.

According to the Democratic Party on the 9th, the party's Supreme Council held a meeting that day and accepted the rehearing request from preliminary candidate Min Hyung-bae, confirming a re-primary election against preliminary candidate Park Si-jong.

Excluding the party members involved in the illegal inquiry issue, the primary will proceed as originally planned with 50% party members and 50% general public opinion survey.

Preliminary candidate Min filed for a rehearing, claiming that he campaigned using the illegally obtained party member list immediately after losing to candidate Park in the primary announced on the 5th.

In Jeonnam Yeosu-si (Gap) district, the rehearing request was accepted and a re-primary was decided, as it was deemed not to align with preliminary candidate Joo Cheol-hyun's principle of "prioritizing electability."

Thus, candidate Joo will compete again with preliminary candidates Kang Hwa-su and Kim Yoo-hwa for the Democratic Party nomination.

In Gwangju Gwangsan-gu (Gap), the rehearing request from preliminary candidate Lee Yong-bin is under review.

In Gwangju Dong·Nam (Gap), preliminary candidate Choi Young-ho, who lost to candidate Yoon Young-duk, filed a rehearing claiming that rumors related to Shincheonji affected the primary, but it was not accepted.

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