Geumcheon District Mayor Election in Foggy Stalemate?...Democratic Party on the Verge of Internal Explosion

Internal Backlash Grows as Established Figures Drop Out in Selection of Democratic Party Candidates for Geumcheon District Mayor and City Council Seats, Drawing Attention to Fallout

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Political circles in Geumcheon-gu are boiling

With the June 1 local elections just a month away, the political scene in Geumcheon-gu is heating up.

Geumcheon-gu was a place where the Democratic Party won in the March 9 presidential election, and it is known as an area where candidates from the Democratic Party are highly likely to win positions such as district mayor and city council members.

Because of this, unexpected figures have been mentioned as preliminary candidates for the Democratic Party’s district mayor and city council, causing strong internal opposition within the party.

The Democratic Party selected Geumcheon-gu and Gangseo-gu as youth strategic electoral districts and is proceeding with the district mayor candidate selection process through the citizen nomination jury system, which has led internal competitors to strongly oppose, suspecting it is to support a specific person.

In particular, the opposition is intensifying as the candidates are known to lack proper experience.

An official said, “It seems they arrogantly assume that if they just nominate a Democratic Party candidate in Geumcheon-gu, they will win,” and warned, “If the opposition within the Democratic Party does not subside, candidates from the People Power Party who were formerly from the Democratic Party could produce an unexpected result in the general election.”

Currently, the leading candidates for the People Power Party’s Geumcheon-gu district mayor are former Democratic Party members, which is likely to give weight to this claim.

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