People Power Party Reconsiders Nomination of Kim Hyun-ah for Goyang-jeong

"Judicial Decision Not Finalized, Personal Explanation and Review Needed"

The Emergency Response Committee of the People Power Party has requested the Nomination Management Committee to reconsider the decision to single-nominate former lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah. The reason is that judicial judgment has not yet been concluded, and further explanation from Kim and party-level review are necessary.

Park Jeong-ha, the chief spokesperson of the People Power Party, said on the 22nd at the central party office in Yeouido after the emergency response meeting, "We requested the Nomination Management Committee to reconsider former lawmaker Kim, who was announced yesterday as the single-nominated candidate for Goyang-jeong, Gyeonggi Province," adding, "The situation regarding the suspension of Kim’s party membership rights is not clearly resolved."

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He also explained, "Since the judicial judgment has not been concluded, we requested a reconsideration to allow Kim to provide an explanation and for further review," and added, "The cases of the other 15 single-nominated candidates and 5 priority-nominated candidates were approved."

Former lawmaker Kim received a three-month suspension of party membership rights from the party’s Ethics Committee last August due to allegations of violating the Political Funds Act. The Northern Gyeonggi Police Agency sent Kim to the prosecution in October last year.

Chief spokesperson Park conveyed, "Han Dong-hoon, the chairman of the People Power Party Emergency Response Committee, said that in the case of single nominations, we must have clear and confident reasoning ourselves." He emphasized, "There was no conflict between the Nomination Management Committee and the Emergency Response Committee’s opinions," and added, "Since the decision regarding this district has been postponed, it is premature to say that it will change from a single nomination to a primary."

Earlier, during the Nomination Management Committee briefing, committee member Lee Cheol-gyu explained, "We investigated several times but did not find any problematic issues," and said, "We included him as a single candidate because he was judged to be the candidate who could win the election."

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