People Power Party skips nomination interview for Jeong Jeomsik, who lost his wife, replacing it with document review

The People Power Party has decided to skip the nomination interview for Jeong Jeom-sik, the National Assembly member for Tongyeong-Goseong, Gyeongnam, who suffered a bereavement, and replace it with a document review.

The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee will conduct the fourth day of interviews on the 16th for preliminary candidates from Sejong, Daejeon, Gyeongnam, and Gyeongbuk regions among the applicants for the 22nd National Assembly election nomination.

Jeong, who declared his candidacy in his constituency, was also scheduled to attend the interview that day.

Jeong Jeon-sik, member of the People Power Party (center).
Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

The party secretary-general said at the National Assembly in the morning, "We discussed yesterday, and it seems that only one person applied for the nomination in Jeong Jeom-sik’s constituency," adding, "The committee members decided to proceed with a document review after examining the materials. No separate interview will be held."

Jeong’s spouse, Choi Young-hwa, was found dead around 10:30 a.m. the previous day in a utility room of an apartment in Gwangdo-myeon, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam.

The apartment is where Jeong and his spouse stay for constituency activities.

The police are investigating the exact cause of death, considering that Choi died from a head injury caused by a fall and that there are no signs of intrusion by outsiders.

Jeong, the ruling party’s floor whip on the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee, attended the confirmation hearing for the Minister of Justice held at the National Assembly on the day of the accident and immediately headed to Tongyeong upon hearing the news.

The deceased’s funeral is being held in the VIP room of Tongyeong Seoul Hospital Funeral Hall, and the funeral procession is scheduled for 7 a.m. on the 19th.

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