Yoo Seung-min Issues Repeated Public Warning: "If Reverse Vote Prevention Is Introduced, Fair Primaries Will Be Over"

Warning to Election Commission Chair Jeong Hong-won
"If you intend to disrupt the primary, resign from the commission"
"Are you risking the party's fate on a candidate losing support?"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, strongly warned against the move to introduce a ‘reverse selection prevention clause’ while mentioning the resignation of Jeong Hong-won, the chairman of the presidential primary election commission, on the 31st.

At a press conference at the National Assembly that day, former lawmaker Yoo said, "Despite my public warning two days ago, Chairman Jeong is trying to create ‘primary rules solely for candidate Yoon Seok-yeol’," and pointed out, "He is arbitrarily altering the primary rules already confirmed by the Primary Committee and the Supreme Council to include the reverse selection prevention clause."

He stated, "I warn once again, do not touch a single word of the already confirmed primary rules."

Former lawmaker Yoo demanded, "The moment you insert the reverse selection prevention clause, a fair primary is finished. If you intend to break the primary like that, just resign from the election commission chairman."

He criticized Chairman Jeong by referring to the nomination controversy of Lee Han-gu, then the nomination committee chairman during the 2016 general election, saying, "Is Chairman Jeong trying to become a second Lee Han-gu?"

Yoo warned, "As the public evaluation begins, are you asking the candidate whose support rate is currently falling to fall together, risking regime change and the party’s fate? If you create unfair primary rules only for candidate Yoon, break the primary, and fail regime change, it is clear that all responsibility lies with Chairman Jeong."

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