People Power Party Nomination Committee "Strengthening Disqualification Criteria... Nominating Candidates with Morality"

Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon Nomination Contests
"We Will Nominate Competitive Candidates"

The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee has completely banned election campaigning that incites conflict, involves abusive language and slander, or causes internal party discord among preliminary candidates for the general election. The committee will actively appoint young and female talents in the metropolitan area. The basic principle of nomination is to select public servants for the people’s livelihood and local communities that meet the public’s expectations.

On the 16th, Jeong Young-hwan, chairman of the People Power Party’s Nomination Management Committee, announced this policy at the first committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, stating, "We will significantly strengthen the disqualification criteria for nominations."

He emphasized, "We will nominate individuals who possess moral standards that align with the demands of the current era. Candidates who only chant about the people’s livelihood during elections but neglect it afterward will not be nominated."

Chairman Jeong requested, "Please refrain from election campaigns that incite conflict, campaigns that hurt opponents through recently controversial abusive language, or campaigns that cause internal party discord. If such improper election activities contrary to these non-negotiable principles are proven, they will be actively reflected in the nomination review process."

He presented three basic principles for nominations: nominations that meet the public’s expectations, livelihood-focused nominations, and nominations for local residents. Chairman Jeong stated, "We will nominate candidates who are natives devoted to their local communities and preferred by the local voters."

Jeong Young-hwan, Chairman of the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee, is speaking at the first meeting of the Nomination Management Committee held on the 16th at the People Power Party Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

"Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon as Competitive Nomination Areas"…Nominating Competitive Candidates

The Nomination Management Committee has identified Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon as competitive nomination areas.

Chairman Jeong said, "We see Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon as the most competitive areas for this nomination, and therefore consider metropolitan area nominations very important. We will nominate truly competitive candidates in these regions." This judgment stems from the main cause of the 2020 election defeat being the loss in the metropolitan area. In particular, there is a plan to focus on actively discovering young talents, women, and capable political newcomers.

Chairman Jeong stated, "Elections are a battle to win the hearts and hands of the voters, the people. We face a grave situation fighting against a major opposition party. We will do our best to lead an election victory for the people with the spirit of General Yi Sun-sin’s 'Fight to live or die, live to fight'."

Before the first meeting with the committee members that morning, Chairman Jeong paid respects at the National Seoul Memorial Cemetery. In the guestbook, he wrote, 'Cheonhawigong (天下爲公 - The world belongs to the public, not to private individuals), election victory, people’s victory.'

Jeong Young-hwan, Chairman of the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee, is speaking at the first meeting of the Nomination Management Committee held on the 16th at the People Power Party Central Party Office in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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