The Democratic Party's Public Office Committee Begins 3rd Meeting... Deciding Specific Primary Election Methods

The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee will hold its third meeting on the 30th at the Yeouido party headquarters to discuss detailed primary election methods.

Before the meeting, Jeong Young-hwan, chairman of the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee, said, "Through a systemized nomination process, we will eliminate controversies over favoritism or arranged nominations and repay the people with election victories under a fair nomination process."

He added, "The People Power Party plans to be the first conservative party to introduce standardized evaluations such as competitiveness, morality, party affairs audits, and social contribution interviews," and "We will actively reflect fair and objective criteria in candidate screening."

Jeong Young-hwan, Chairman of the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee, is giving an opening remark at the first Nomination Management Committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on the 16th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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Earlier, at the first meeting held on the 16th, the Nomination Committee decided to implement a systemized nomination process including cutoff ratios and penalties for senior members. They also established the broad framework for primaries, varying the proportion of party members by region.

At the second meeting on the 23rd, they disclosed the criteria for constituencies eligible for strategic nominations. Strategic nominations will be made in constituencies that have suffered three consecutive defeats in previous National Assembly elections.

Chairman Jeong said, "We plan to specify the primary election methods more concretely at the third meeting," and "We will create rules that allow the nomination primaries to be a broad vessel reflecting the sentiments of the people and party members."

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