First Weekend After Candidate Registration: Ruling and Opposition Party Leaders Focus on Campaign Support

Democratic Leader Chung Cheongrae Heads to Pyeongtaek After Two Days in Jeju

People Power Party’s Jang Donghyuk Visits Conservative "Tough Ground" Jeonbuk After Three Months

After completing candidate registration for the June 3 local elections and the by-elections, the leadership of both major parties stepped up their efforts to win public support over the first weekend.

Cheongrae Jeong, leader of the Democratic Party, and officials from the Jeju Provincial Party are visiting and inspecting the Jeju Fisheries Cooperative auction hall on Imhang-ro, Jeju City on the 16th. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Cheongrae Jeong, leader of the Democratic Party, is currently on a two-day field visit to Jeju. On the morning of the 16th, he visited the West Port Fish Market in Jeju, observed the auction, and held a meeting with fisheries workers to listen to their concerns.

In the afternoon, he plans to move to Pyeongtaek-eul in Gyeonggi Province to attend the opening ceremony of candidate Yongnam Kim's campaign office, aiming to rally supporters.

Pyeongtaek-eul is a key battleground for the by-election, where Yongnam Kim, Jouk Cho from the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, Yudong Yoo from the People Power Party, Jaeyeon Kim from the Progressive Party, and Gyoan Hwang from the Freedom and Innovation Party have all registered as candidates. Cheongrae Jeong is serving as the head of Yongnam Kim's fundraising committee.

Jang Donghyuk, leader of the People Power Party, is clapping and smiling brightly at the launch ceremony and victory pledge rally of the Jeonbuk Election Countermeasures Committee held at the People Power Party Jeonbuk Provincial Office in Wansan District, Jeonju, Jeonbuk on the 16th. Photo by Yonhap News

On the same day, Donghyuk Jang, leader of the People Power Party, visited Jeonju in North Jeolla Province, an area often considered difficult terrain for conservatives, to attend the launch ceremony and victory pledge rally of the Jeonbuk Election Countermeasures Committee.

Recently, as the conservative base has shown signs of consolidation in key regions such as Seoul, Busan, and Daegu, the People Power Party leadership appears encouraged and is seeking to expand its reach into the Honam region.

This visit by Donghyuk Jang to the Honam area comes three months after his previous visit to Naju, South Jeolla Province, in February.

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