United Future Party Nomination Committee Withdraws Min Kyung-wook's Candidacy... "Election Law Violation Revealed"

Top Leadership Partially Accepts 'Nomination Nullification' Decision

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The Future United Party's nomination management committee has effectively withdrawn the nomination of Representative Min Kyung-wook, who won the primary for the Incheon Yeonsu-gu B constituency.

Lee Seok-yeon, acting chairman of the nomination committee, announced this immediately after the meeting on the afternoon of the 25th. The acting chairman explained, "Today, the election management committee ruled that candidate Min violated election laws during his campaign activities."

Accordingly, the nomination committee requested the supreme council to invalidate Min's nomination and re-nominated candidate Min Hyun-joo, who had also competed in the primary.

Additionally, the nomination committee, following the supreme council's decision earlier that morning to withdraw nominations, unilaterally nominated former Geumjeong-gu Mayor Won Kyung-hee for Busan Geumjeong-gu and Kim Won-gil, chair of the Future United Party's Committee on the Economy of Ordinary People, for Gyeongbuk Gyeongju City. The party leadership's decisions were accepted for two of the four regions where nominations were withdrawn.

However, for the constituencies of Gyeonggi Uiwang- Gwacheon and Gyeonggi Hwaseong, where young candidates were strategically nominated as 'Future Makers,' the nomination decision was delegated to the supreme council. The acting chairman criticized, "The supreme council clearly overstepped the party rules," but added, "This decision was made for the greater good to prevent a complete breakdown."

The supreme council is scheduled to hold a closed meeting at 8:30 p.m. that day to discuss the nomination committee's decision. Particular attention is focused on whether they will accept the request to invalidate the nomination of Representative Min Kyung-wook, who is considered a close associate of party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn.

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