Heo Kyung-young Reapplies for Injunction to Ban '4-Party Debate' Broadcast... "No Practical Benefit in Appeal"

Document Submission at Seoul Western District Court at 11 AM on the 3rd
Judged Likely to Prevent the Forum from Being Held

Around 11 a.m. on the 3rd, Heo Kyung-young, the presidential candidate of the National Revolutionary Party, is reapplying for a provisional injunction to ban the '4-person debate' broadcast at the Seoul Western District Court. [Image source=Heo Kyung-young National Revolutionary Party Election Committee]

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] Heo Kyung-young, the presidential candidate of the National Revolutionary Party, submitted a reapplication document instead of an appeal in response to the court's dismissal of the injunction request to ban the broadcast of the '4-party debate.'

At around 11 a.m. on the 3rd, Candidate Heo filed an injunction request to ban the broadcast of the 4-party presidential candidate debate at the Seoul Western District Court, stating the reason for the reapplication as "preparing new claims and evidence."

Initially, Candidate Heo was reviewing an appeal against the dismissal of the injunction request to ban the '4-party debate' broadcast by the Civil Division 21 of the Seoul Western District Court (Chief Judge Park Byung-tae) on the 28th, which was dismissed on the grounds of "reasonable discrimination."

Candidate Heo said, "The 4-party debate broadcast is scheduled to take place from 8 p.m. today, and since the appeal process takes a considerable amount of time and there is no practical benefit in filing an appeal, I submitted a reapplication instead." It appears that he believes that if a hearing date is set through the reapplication, the debate scheduled for the same day can be blocked.

Meanwhile, Candidate Heo claimed that in a public opinion poll conducted on the 23rd, he recorded a support rate of 5.6%, surpassing Shim Sang-jung, the Justice Party presidential candidate, who had a support rate of 3.1%.

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