Regarding Kim Jaewon's 'Independent Candidacy Statement'... People Power Party: "No Reinstatement for Those Who Leave the Party and Run as Independents"
![Post by Kwon Young-se, Chairman of the Nomination Management Committee. <br>[Photo by Kwon Young-se, Chairman of the Nomination Management Committee, Facebook capture]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2022012916082428103_1643440104.jpg)
Post by Kwon Young-se, Chairman of the Nomination Management Committee.
[Photo by Kwon Young-se, Chairman of the Nomination Management Committee, Facebook capture]
[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] The People Power Party has announced a policy not to allow reinstatement for those who leave the party and run as independents in the upcoming by-elections for National Assembly members held alongside the presidential election.
On the 29th, Kwon Young-se, the People Power Party's nomination committee chairman, posted on Facebook that "there will be no reinstatement for candidates who leave the party and run as independents in this by-election." This is interpreted as a message targeting Kim Jae-won, a Supreme Council member, who said he would run as an independent in the Daegu Jung-Nam district and return to the party after winning, amid the party's decision not to nominate a candidate in that area.
Previously, the People Power Party announced it would not nominate a candidate in Daegu Jung-Nam district, the former constituency of ex-assemblyman Kwak Sang-do, considering that Kwak's son resigned from his assembly seat over allegations of involvement in the Daejang-dong development corruption scandal. However, when Supreme Council member Kim, who was running as a preliminary candidate, expressed his intention to run as an independent and return to the party after winning, the ruling party criticized it as "nomination disguised as non-nomination."
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Criticism also continued within the party. Former assemblyman Lee Eon-ju wrote on Facebook, "It's shameful," adding, "Have you forgotten that during the April 7 by-election, the Democratic Party broke its promise and hastily amended its party rules to force nominations, resulting in harsh judgment from the public?" and pointed out that "the criticism of the Democratic Party as a 'double standard party' is becoming meaningless."
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