Ahn Cheol-soo to Hold Press Conference Tomorrow on Running for Bundang-gap... People Power Party "Additional Recruitment"

Gonggwanwi "Additional Applications for Bundang-gap and Gyeyang-eul"
An Expected to Register Candidacy on the 9th

Ahn Cheol-soo, the chairman of the transition committee, is giving a greeting speech at the closing ceremony of the 20th Presidential Transition Committee held on the lawn square of the transition committee in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 6th. Photo by Transition Committee Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] The People Power Party's nomination management committee for the June 1 by-elections announced on the 7th that it will accept additional candidate applications only for Seongnam Bundang-gap in Gyeonggi Province and Gyeyang-eul in Incheon. This is effectively a procedure for registering Ahn Cheol-soo, the chairman of the Presidential Transition Committee. Ahn's side announced that they will hold a press conference for his candidacy at the National Assembly Communication Hall tomorrow (the 8th).

The nomination committee stated in a press release on the same day, "For Gyeyang-eul and Bundang-gap, additional announcements will be made until the morning of May 9, and applications will be accepted on the afternoon of the 9th."

Previously, three candidates applied for Bundang-gap: former lawmaker Park Min-sik, lawyer Jang Young-ha who wrote the book "Goodbye, Lee Jae-myung," and former Seoul mayoral by-election candidate Jeong Dong-hee. Chairman Ahn is expected to apply for candidacy registration on the 9th.

Yoon Sang-hyun, chairman of the nomination committee, told reporters on the day, "Chairman Ahn has expressed his intention to apply for the Bundang-gap nomination," adding, "He will submit his application next Monday."

Gyeyang-eul is classified as a difficult district, and it seems that the strategic nomination of Lee Jae-myung, senior advisor of the Democratic Party of Korea, was taken into consideration. In the People Power Party, former Incheon Medical Association president Yoon Hyung-sun, former school violence countermeasure committee chairman Seol Won-seop, and former adjunct professor at Daejeon University and Konyang University Song Kwang-young have applied.

There is also a possibility that a person with high recognition inside and outside the party will be strategically nominated as a counter candidate to this advisor's candidacy. Former lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook, who served as a member of the 21st National Assembly from Seoul Seocho-gap and then resigned, has expressed her willingness to run if the party requests.

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