Democratic Party Gwangju Branch Decides 8 Competitive Districts for Women and Youth in Next Year's Local Elections

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Democratic Party of Korea Gwangju Metropolitan City Party’s Local Election Planning Team held its third meeting and decided and announced the female competitive electoral districts and youth competitive electoral districts.

The Democratic Party of Korea Gwangju City Party announced on the 22nd that it has decided on four female competitive electoral districts and four youth competitive electoral districts for next year’s nationwide simultaneous local elections.

The female competitive electoral districts are Dong-gu District 2, Seo-gu District 2, Buk-gu District 6, and Gwangsan-gu District 1.

The youth competitive electoral districts were decided as Seo-gu District 3, Buk-gu District 2, Buk-gu District 5, and Gwangsan-gu District 4.

Along with this, the Local Election Planning Team recommended that in the primary elections for local district metropolitan council members, the party member primary election method be the principle, but also that various methods such as the ‘National Participation Primary’ and ‘Citizen Nomination Jury Primary’ stipulated in the party regulations be considered.

When recommending candidates for basic council members, to expand political participation opportunities for political newcomers, it was decided to recommend placing political newcomers among the applicants for local district basic council member nominations in the ‘Ga’ position to the public office election candidate recommendation-related organization.

Also, it was decided to comply with the revised party regulations that require holding debate sessions during primaries, and to recommend to the relevant party election management committees that the primary debates be held ‘5 times for metropolitan mayors, 2 times for basic mayors, and 1 time for metropolitan council members’ to ensure the right to know of voters and party members.

Yoon Youngdeok, head of the Democratic Party of Korea Gwangju Metropolitan City Party’s Local Election Planning Team, said, “We have had many discussions and debates to institutionally expand youth political participation opportunities and guarantee women’s political participation,” and added, “We will continue the activities of the Local Election Planning Team to select fair and competent candidates that meet the expectations of citizens.”

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