In addition, it was revealed that the Democratic Party revised the party constitution and party rules last month so that they can run for public office if they join the office ahead of the by-election of the 4/7 mayors of Seoul and Busan. Originally, only members of the rights party who had paid party expenses for at least six months after joining in were eligible to run for public office, but this qualification requirement was removed. A key Democratic Party official explained, “It was discovered and fixed a problem that could not receive recruitment personnel when an election came before our eyes.”
For this reason, it is said that “the leadership is considering the third candidate as a preliminary candidate for the mayor of Seoul.” One lawmaker in charge of the party strategy said, “I don’t have a specific person in mind, but I want to bring all the people who can bring them.” Another member of the leadership said, “We also considered the fact that Byeon Seong-wan was not able to join the party in advance because he was a public servant.”
Democrats surprised by New Year’s polls
Initially, the Democratic Party’s strategy for the Seoul Mayor’s election was to try to win the box office through a triangular competition of’Park Young-sun-Woo Sang-ho-Park Ju-min’. However, the ruling party, who received the report card of the New Year’s poll, was deepened.
Park Young-sun (left), Right Sang-ho (right)
This is because Park Young-sun, Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business, Rep. Sang-ho Woo, and Rep. Park Ju-min, all lag behind the national party leader Ahn Chul-soo. In the opinion poll conducted by Real Meter (requested by Newsis, announced on the 2nd), even if the approval ratings of three ministers Park (11.6%), U. I couldn’t catch it. In terms of political party support, the power of the people (34.3%) slightly outpaced the Democratic Party (31.1%) within the margin of error.
Here’s another variable. Rep. Park Joo-min is actually holding onto the side of not running. An aide of Congressman Park said, “I didn’t say clearly about my non-running, but last month I leaned toward it.”
Park Ju-min, a Democratic Party member
It is also a bad news that Minister Park Young-sun’s declaration of running is being delayed. While the Blue House retained Minister Park at the time of this reorganization, Minister Park must consider the timing of giving up his own office to run for office. Rep. Sang-ho Woo, the only Democratic Party official to run, made a move to publicly criticize Lee Nak-yeon’s’Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye’s amnesty’ on the 1st, and to inform their presence.
Nevertheless, there are concerns from the party leadership that “The atmosphere can shift to the opposition just by the bilateral composition of Sang-ho Woo and Young-sun Park.”
Former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon said, “Thank you for coming out”
For this reason, among some members of the ruling party, the election of former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon as the third mayor of Seoul is being discussed. It is an evaluation that it is appropriate as a “card that can get middle-class votes” in the situation where CEO Ahn Chul-soo is ahead.
Former Vice Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon held a meeting with the representatives of Busan Travel Special Forces at the Busan Pukyong National University startup cafe in July last year.
However, one official said, “If you come out, it will be helpful to the box office, but it is difficult to pass the primary because there is no support force, so can you come out as a fire extinguisher?” Another lawmaker close to former Deputy Prime Minister Kim also said, “I don’t know if the party gives the candidate a position for strategic nomination, but if I ask him to come to the contest, I doubt whether he will participate.” Former Deputy Prime Minister Kim said at all about the opening of the mayor of Seoul.
Rather, an official from the People’s Power said, “Would former Vice Prime Minister Kim start politics in a Democratic Party whose disposition does not match him? If he enters the political world, he has a great chance of becoming an opposition party.”
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