Democratic Party Candidate for Damyang County Governor, 3-Person Primary Confirmed

Candidate Lee Byeong-no: "I Will Respond to County Residents with Policy and Clean Elections"

Byeongno Lee, Democratic Party of Korea, Preliminary Candidate for Damyang County Governor.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Preliminary candidate Lee Byeongno has been finally confirmed as the Democratic Party of Korea’s candidate for the Damyang County Governor primary.

On the 29th, according to the Democratic Party of Korea’s Central Party Public Office Committee, “Along with candidate Lee Byeongno, preliminary candidates Choi Hwasam and Kim Jeongo have been finally confirmed as the Damyang County Governor primary candidates.”

The Democratic Party of Korea finalized and announced the Public Office Committee’s screening results on the 29th.

Accordingly, the Democratic Party of Korea’s Damyang County Governor primary will be decided through a ‘three-person primary’ system, with the final score calculated by combining 50% of party members’ votes and 50% of general public opinion polls.

In response to this announcement by the Central Party, preliminary candidate Lee Byeongno issued a statement on the 30th, saying, “I pay respect to the Central Party’s decision, which confirmed the common sense and fairness that baseless public agitation and negative campaigning no longer work,” and added, “I will respond to the support of party members and county residents through policy elections and clean elections.”

The schedule for the Democratic Party of Korea’s Damyang County Governor primary had been repeatedly postponed due to objections from other candidates and other issues.

Earlier, the Jeonnam Provincial Party’s Public Official Election Candidate Recommendation Management Committee decided on the 19th that the Damyang County Governor primary would be a three-person primary including candidate Lee Byeongno.

However, despite the provincial party’s decision, persistent political attacks demanding disqualification of candidates based on some unverified media reports continued, eventually reaching the point where a judgment from the Central Party was required.

In response, candidate Lee said, “I felt even a sense of self-disgust seeing the situation where expressing condolences for a friend’s mother’s funeral was falsely agitated as bribery, and providing guidance on how to participate in the opinion poll to help make a proper judgment was distorted into election manipulation through distorted reports,” reflecting on his feelings during the ordeal.

He continued, “Regarding this series of situations, we prepared sufficient materials and legal grounds for the Jeonnam Provincial Party and the Central Party Emergency Measures Committee and actively explained the facts, leading the Emergency Measures Committee to resolve on a ‘three-person primary,’ which sufficiently clarified the suspicions.”

He then appealed for support, saying, “We cannot entrust the future of Damyang to vested political forces that drag Damyang’s future choice into a muddy swamp with fake news, false agitation, and negative campaigning without any policy or vision. I will fairly compete in a policy election to earn the choice of party members and county residents.”

He also emphasized, “I will surely realize politics that gives hope to 50,000 county residents, future politics that leads Damyang’s sustainable development, and responsible politics that takes charge of the happiness of Damyang residents.”

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