Democratic Party Rejects Rehearing of Gwangju Gwangsan-gap Primary, Approves Submission to Supreme Council

Acknowledgment of Lee Seok-hyung's Primary Election Victory

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] The re-examination of the Democratic Party primary election for the National Assembly member election in Gwangsan-gu (Gap), Gwangju Metropolitan City, has been dismissed.

Regarding this decision, in other regions, the Democratic Party has disqualified a preliminary candidate due to a complaint from the election commission, raising concerns about fairness. It is also expected that controversy will be unavoidable over the party protecting a candidate who was reported for violating election laws.

According to local political circles and the Democratic Party on the 12th, the re-examination committee held a meeting on the re-examination for Gwangsan-gu (Gap), Gwangju, and the final decision was dismissed with 3 votes in favor and 6 against.

This means that the primary victory of preliminary candidate Lee Seok-hyung was recognized as is.

The final decision will be made by the party's Supreme Council, possibly as early as the 13th.

Preliminary candidate Lee Yong-bin filed for a re-examination after losing the previous primary, claiming that Lee Seok-hyung conducted illegal election campaigning through landline phones and other means.

The re-examination committee decided to review the case after checking whether the neutral institution, the election commission, had filed a complaint, and postponed the deliberation.

The Gwangju City Election Commission filed a complaint with the prosecution on the 10th against preliminary candidate Lee Seok-hyung for allegedly conducting illegal election campaigning targeting party members using landline phones at his mobile phone and support office, violating the Public Official Election Act.

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