People Power Party Nominates Son Beom-gyu for Incheon Namdong-gap, Yoo Nak-jun for Gyeonggi Namyangju-gap, and Kim Dong-won for Chungbuk Cheongju Heungdeok

The People Power Party announced the winners of the primaries in the Incheon, Gyeonggi, and Chungbuk regions. The national recommendation system, in which nominations are conducted through a public audition method, is expected to have its applicable constituencies decided soon.

People Power Party's Jeong Young-hwan, Chair of the Nomination Management Committee, is announcing the results of the primary election regions on the 2nd at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul.
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The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee announced the results of the third round of primaries on the 4th in the afternoon. In Namdong-gu Gap, Incheon, former SBS announcer Son Beom-gyu defeated candidate Jeon Seong-sik. Son, the former announcer, joined as a spokesperson for the election campaign committee during candidate Yoo Jeong-bok's mayoral campaign in the 2022 local elections. Afterwards, he served as a special public relations advisor in the Incheon City spokesperson's office.

In Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, former Dong-A Ilbo journalist Kim Dong-won defeated candidate Song Tae-young. Kim previously held positions such as Executive Director at Pen & Mike, Executive Director and Vice President at Asia Today. In Namyangju-si Gap, Gyeonggi, former Marine Corps Commander Yoo Nak-jun won against candidate Shim Jang-su. Yoo had declared his candidacy for the same constituency ahead of the 20th general election but lost in the primary against candidate Shim.

Meanwhile, the People Power Party plans to make an announcement regarding the national recommendation system soon. At a briefing on the same day, Jeong Young-hwan, chairman of the Nomination Management Committee, said, "We will have a final conclusion after discussion with the nomination committee members today. It could be announced by tomorrow." He added, "We need to discuss how many candidates will be selected through the national recommendation system."

Additionally, the committee decided to dismiss objections claiming that promotional text messages related to the primary opinion polls, which were sent outside the official election campaign period, constituted illegal electioneering. Chairman Jeong explained, "The election campaign period refers to the period during which confirmed responsible party members can campaign. Intra-party election campaigns can be freely conducted within the scope that does not violate the Public Official Election Act and the party's election commission regulations."

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