Min Hyun-joo's Revelation... "After Earnestly Requesting Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn, the Nomination Was Reversed"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former lawmaker Min Hyun-joo, who was re-nominated for Incheon Yeonsu-eul by the Future United Party's Nomination Management Committee but was ultimately dropped by the Supreme Council, revealed that there was a request from Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn during the first nomination reversal process.

On the 26th, Min appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and said, "During the process where I first received a single nomination but it changed to a primary election against candidate Min Kyung-wook, I heard internally from former Nomination Committee Chairman Kim Hyung-oh that 'Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn earnestly requested, asking to grant just this one thing.'"

Min initially received a single recommendation from the Nomination Committee for Incheon Yeonsu-eul, but later had to compete in a primary election due to a re-examination request from the Supreme Council. In the subsequent primary, Min lost to the incumbent Min Kyung-wook, but after Min's election law violation issues became known, the Nomination Committee reversed the previous nomination and re-recommended Min as the single candidate. However, the Supreme Council dismissed this, and ultimately Min Kyung-wook remained the nominee.

With the nomination results overturned twice, this suggested that Representative Hwang was involved in the first reversal. When asked if the 'one thing' mentioned by Hwang was Min's nomination request, Min reiterated, "That's why it changed from a single nomination to a public opinion poll nomination."

Regarding the incident where the Supreme Council canceled nominations in four districts, Min said, "Acting Nomination Committee Chairman Lee Seok-yeon strongly opposed it, but considering it was better to avoid a direct confrontation between the Nomination Committee and the party leadership ahead of the general election, he made many concessions," and added, "I understand there was coordination with Representative Hwang and the related Secretary-General during that process."

He pointed out, "Nevertheless, the reason Representative Hwang could not get the Nomination Committee's final decision approved by the Supreme Council may be due to his personal will, but I think it is more because the current party leadership, composed of hardline pro-Park factions, is a limit that Representative Hwang cannot overcome."

When asked why Representative Hwang earnestly requested regarding Min's nomination, he said, "Although Min has continued strong remarks from the Liberty Korea Party era to the Future United Party, Hwang might have judged that these strong protective remarks were made for himself," and added, "I was following an independent path, not pro-Park or pro-Hwang factions, and I was a politician advocating reform conservatism different from what the Liberty Korea Party stood for, so from Hwang's perspective, I might have been very uncomfortable."

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