Preliminary Candidate Lee Yun-seok Demands Complete Nullification of Democratic Party Mokpo City Electoral District Primary

"Democratic Party Mokpo City Regional Committee Should Be Designated as Accident Regional Committee"

Resignation and Non-Candidacy Demand for Jeong Cheong-rae, Senior Supreme Council Member

Lee Yoon-seok, a preliminary candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea, held an emergency press conference at 10 a.m. on the 25th in the Citizens' Room of Mokpo City Council, demanding the complete nullification of the ongoing Democratic Party primary.

Through a statement, the candidate demanded that the Democratic Party Mokpo City Regional Committee be designated as an emergency committee and called for the resignation and withdrawal from candidacy of Jeong Cheong-rae, the Democratic Party’s Senior Supreme Council Member.

The candidate lamented, “Before the last local election, there was an incident where the membership list of 8,000 registered party members of the Democratic Party Mokpo City Regional Committee was leaked. As a result, the mayoral candidate primary was changed to a 100% public opinion survey of citizens,” adding, “We still do not know whose hands the leaked Democratic Party membership list is in.”

Democratic Party preliminary candidate Lee Yoon-seok is holding an emergency press conference on the morning of the 25th. [Photo by Lee Yoon-seok preliminary candidate's office]

He stated, “Nevertheless, conducting a primary opinion poll without any measures is, in itself, an act of disregarding and mocking the citizens of Mokpo,” and “We demand that the Mokpo City Committee be immediately designated as an emergency committee.”

In particular, he said, “Jeong Cheong-rae, the Senior Supreme Council Member who should fairly manage the primary, is serving as the sponsor chairman for several specific candidates. The Senior Supreme Council Member holds a public position that exerts the greatest influence on the Democratic Party along with the party leader,” and “Naturally, he has the responsibility to strictly and fairly manage the primary and nomination process. We strongly demand that Jeong Cheong-rae, who has caused controversy over unfairness, take responsibility by resigning from his Supreme Council Member position and withdrawing from the general election.”

Additionally, the candidate explained the circumstances in which, following prior notice from the Democratic Party’s candidate verification officials, he withdrew his candidacy and removed election office banners for a week at the Mokpo City Election Commission. He also sent supporting documents regarding the withdrawal to central party officials via text message to confirm, but they delayed repeatedly and ultimately deprived him of the opportunity to participate in the primary. He criticized this deceptive behavior by the central party’s candidate verification officials as further evidence that the Democratic Party primary is being conducted unfairly.

Finally, Lee Yoon-seok concluded the press conference by demanding the complete nullification of the Mokpo City electoral district primary, which is currently embroiled in such unfair controversy.

Meanwhile, Lee Yoon-seok is a two-term former member of the 18th and 19th National Assembly, has served three terms as a member of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Assembly, as its chairman, and as a university president. For this year’s general election, he declared his candidacy for the Mokpo City electoral district and is actively campaigning under the slogan “Mokpo Metropolitan Era through the Integration of Mokpo, Muan, and Sinan.”

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