People Power Party Establishes Special Committee for By-election Citizen Verification... "Complete Prevention of a Second Park Won-soon or Oh Keo-don"

Kim Sang-hoon, a member of the People Power Party and the chairman of the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-election primary preparation committee, is attending the first meeting of the primary preparation committee held at the National Assembly on the 15th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] The People Power Party's April 7 by-election primary preparation committee announced on the 9th that it has decided to establish a Citizen Verification Special Committee. The purpose is to fundamentally prevent a recurrence of incidents like the second Park Won-soon and Oh Keo-don cases.

The primary preparation committee held a meeting that day and decided to set up the committee under the nomination management committee. The Citizen Verification Special Committee will be composed of legal professionals, socially prominent figures, experts with experience in personnel verification, and representatives from women's groups, encompassing both internal and external party members. They will be tasked with conducting preliminary verification of candidates.

Accordingly, candidates will be required to submit an additional self-verification document covering about 200 items, in addition to the documents stipulated by party rules and regulations. The Citizen Verification Special Committee plans to conduct verification on issues such as ▲power-related sexual crimes and sexual misconduct ▲tax evasion ▲military service corruption ▲inappropriate dual nationality ▲conflicts of interest of public officials ▲socially inappropriate behavior (such as abusive language and gapjil).

The primary preparation committee stated, "We plan to ensure that preliminary verification is conducted at least at the strict level of high-ranking public official verification prior to the Moon Jae-in administration."

Along with this, the Citizen Verification Special Committee will also handle various reports, complaints, and accusations raised during the party's primary process for the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections.

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