Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Member Park Ok-bun's 'Beautiful Concession'

Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Member Park Ok-bun

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Park Ok-bun (Suwon 2), a member of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea, was recently revealed to have decided to withdraw from the vice-chairperson race, judging that "it is not desirable for two vice-chairpersons to come from the same constituency even if they belong to different parties."

Park had early on decided to run for the vice-chairperson position allocated to the Democratic Party in the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly and sent cooperation messages to fellow assembly members. The problem arose afterward. The opposing party, the People Power Party, nominated Nam Kyung-soon, an assembly member from Suwon Jangan-gu, as their vice-chairperson candidate.

Although Park and Nam belong to different parties, their constituencies are the same: Suwon Jangan-gu, known as "Gyeonggi Province's political number one district." Because of this, Park was troubled by the question, "Is it acceptable for two vice-chairpersons to come from the same constituency?" and ultimately decided not to run for vice-chairperson.

Park stated, "Power is about distribution. Although we belong to different parties, since Nam Kyung-soon of the People Power Party, who is from the same constituency as me, has been nominated as vice-chairperson, I thought that if I greedily ran for the Democratic Party's vice-chairperson position, both vice-chairpersons would be from Suwon Jangan-gu. Therefore, I decided not to run."

After confirming that Nam Kyung-soon from the same constituency was nominated as vice-chairperson, Park disbanded the campaign team she had formed.

The Provincial Assembly will hold a plenary session on the 12th to finalize the chairperson and vice-chairpersons. Kim Kyu-chang from the People Power Party and Yeom Jong-hyun from the Democratic Party have run for chairperson. The assembly will decide the chairperson by secret ballot during the plenary session. The vice-chairperson candidates have been finalized as Nam Kyung-soon from the People Power Party and Kim Pan-su from the Democratic Party.

Meanwhile, Park was recently elected as the national standing representative of the Democratic Party's Women's Local Assembly Members Association. The Women's Local Assembly Members Association is an official organization for education and policy research and development under Article 33 of the Democratic Party's regulations.

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