Democratic Party Sends Additional Delegate Yoon Il-kyu to Citizen Party... Will They Get a Number Ahead of the Justice Party?

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[Asia Economy reporters Wondara and Jeon Jinyoung] The Democratic Party of Korea has decided to additionally dispatch Representative Yoon Il-kyu (Chungnam Cheonan-byeong, first term) to the proportional alliance party, the Together Citizens' Party.

On the morning of the 27th, Yoon Ho-jung, Secretary-General of the Democratic Party, said in a briefing after a joint meeting at the National Assembly, in response to the question, "Is it correct that eight members, including Representative Yoon Il-kyu, are going to the Citizens' Party?" "Yes. We will close it at that number."

With Representative Yoon's joining, the Citizens' Party is expected to receive a party ballot number ahead of the Justice Party.

Previously, four district constituency lawmakers from the Democratic Party?Lee Jong-gul, Shin Chang-hyun, Lee Kyu-hee, and Lee Hoon?and three proportional representatives?Shim Ki-jun, Je Yoon-kyung, and Jung Eun-hye?had confirmed their transfer to the Citizens' Party. The order of party names on the party ballot is determined by considering the party vote rates in the 20th general election and the number of district constituency lawmakers. Therefore, the Citizens' Party needed to have at least five district constituency lawmakers to secure a ballot number ahead of the Justice Party.

The National Election Commission plans to decide the order of party ballots based on the number of party seats as of 6 p.m. on the deadline day for candidate registration for the April 15 general election.

Meanwhile, Representative Yoon announced in February that he would not run for re-election, becoming the 20th incumbent Democratic Party lawmaker to do so. At that time, he stated, "The party leadership will nominate someone worthy of the high loyalty and pride of party members," and "I will not run to ensure the party's victory in the general election." Lawyer Lee Jung-moon is running in Representative Yoon's district and is preparing for the election.

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