Opposition Party's Public Official Committee, 6 Members with 'Nomination Exclusion Opinions'... Possibility of Incumbents Included

"May Increase Further After Review by the Morality Verification Committee"

The Democratic Party of Korea's Public Election Candidate Recommendation Management Committee is reported to have decided to exclude a total of six candidates from nomination during the process of verifying the morality of some applicants. Depending on the results of interviews and other evaluations conducted until the 5th of next month, these candidates are expected to be subject to the final cut-off.

According to opposition parties on the 30th, the Morality Verification Committee under the Democratic Party's Candidate Recommendation Committee conducted verification on candidates who were referred by the Party's Public Election Candidate Verification Committee with opinions such as "detailed review" or "on hold." Although these candidates did not have disqualifying reasons severe enough to be excluded at the verification committee stage, the Morality Verification Committee aimed to conduct a more detailed review once again.

Im Hyuk-baek, Chair of the Nomination Management Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, is presiding over the 1st Central Party Public Office Candidate Recommendation Management Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 12th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

The Morality Verification Committee conducted verification based on the "five major hate crimes": ▲sexual offenses ▲drunk driving ▲workplace power harassment ▲school violence ▲hate speech, and as a result, six candidates were placed on the "nomination exclusion" list, according to the Candidate Recommendation Committee. Among them, it is reported that one or two are incumbent lawmakers. Whether they will be finally cut off depends on the interviews and evaluations held from the 31st until the 5th of next month.

The number of candidates with nomination exclusion opinions may increase further.

A representative of the Candidate Recommendation Committee explained, "The Morality Verification Committee has not yet completed all verifications and is still submitting opinions to the plenary meeting, so the number of candidates subject to nomination exclusion may increase from six," adding, "The Morality Verification Committee has probably reviewed less than half of the detailed verification targets."

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