Jeon Hee-kyung Appointed Seocho-gap Organization Chair... Excluded Jo Eun-hee Says "Better to Have No Mouth"

Former Candidate for Incheon Dong-gu Michuhol-gu Gap

Jeon Hee-kyung, Secretary-General of the People Power Party / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] It has been reported that Jeon Hee-kyung, chief secretary to the floor leader, has been appointed as the organizational committee chairperson for the People Power Party's Seocho Gap district in Seoul. Jo Eun-hee, who resigned as the head of Seocho District Office and applied for the committee chairperson position, was completely excluded from the selection process.

According to the People Power Party on the 9th, in a public opinion poll conducted the previous day to select the Seocho Gap organizational committee chairperson, Jeon Hee-kyung (former lawmaker) received the highest number of votes. Jeon previously ran for the 21st general election in Incheon Dong-gu Michuhol-gu Gap but was defeated.

Jo, who also applied for the committee chairperson position, was excluded from the poll. It appears that the party leadership opposed Jo’s resignation from the district office. A People Power Party official said, "She should have discussed her resignation with the party, but she did not," adding, "Other members of the Special Committee for Organizational Strengthening could not accept her hastily stepping down ahead of the presidential election."

Jo submitted her resignation notice to the district council on the 29th of last month to apply for the committee chairperson position. According to the Public Official Election Act and Local Autonomy Act, an incumbent local government head must resign by the relevant date to run in a by-election. According to Jo’s side, rather than considering running as an independent, she is expected to join and work within Yoon Seok-youl’s People Power Party presidential campaign committee. In a phone call, Jo said, "I have a lot to say, but it’s better to keep quiet for now," and expressed her feelings by saying, "I will at least take complaint calls at the campaign committee."

Seocho Gap became a by-election district following the resignation of former People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook. Being elected as the organizational committee chairperson will be advantageous in securing the party’s nomination for next year’s by-election. The People Power Party leadership is expected to approve the proposal to appoint Jeon as the committee chairperson at the supreme council meeting on the 11th. The election will be held on the same day as next year’s presidential election.

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