Kang Eun-mi, Chairman of the Justice Party Emergency Response Committee, is wearing glasses at an emergency response meeting held in the National Assembly on the 1st. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
The Justice Party finally decided not to nominate a candidate for the Seoul-Busan mayoral by-election in April.
Chung Ho-jin, chief spokesman for Justice Party, announced that this policy was confirmed at the National Committee held on the 3rd. Spokesman Jeong said, “The incident of sexual harassment by former CEO Kim Jong-cheol caused great concern to the public.” “As a result, it is judged that not nominating a candidate is to keep the principle of responsible politics and to fulfill the public’s promise to reform the division as a public party. I did.”
Spokesperson Jung said, “I ask you to understand this situation with unlimited responsibility and a willingness to innovate across the board.” “I regret it again because it failed to meet the expectations of the people and members of the party. We promise to strive for this renewal.”
On the 25th of last month, the Justice Party announced that former CEO Kim had sexually molested the same party’s Rep. Jang Hye-young after dinner on the 15th of last month, and eventually expelled former CEO Kim. The leadership was reorganized into the system of the emergency response committee chairman Eun-mi Kang.
Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young is speaking at the Justice Party lawmakers’ general meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 2nd. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
Since then, the no-noun theory of the re-election by default has been the main trend, but there has also been a cautious theory. This is because Seoul City Councilman Kwon Soo-jeong as a candidate for the mayor of Seoul and Busan City Party Chairman Kim Young-jin as a candidate for the mayor of Busan had already registered the candidate.
However, considering that the election was held in the case of sexual harassment by the late Mayor Park Won-soon and former Mayor of Busan, Mayor Oh Geo-don, the policy was finally finalized in order to renew the party.
The democratic party was as perplexing as the Justice Party due to the sexual harassment incidents that erupted in the progressive camp. As the Justice Party immediately apologized and responded promptly, it had to face the opposition’s criticism of “a markedly different appearance from the Democratic Party, which stigmatized the victims as victims and committed the second collective assault” (Na Kyung-won, a preliminary candidate for Mayor of Seoul). There are many prospects that this election, when gender issues will be a major issue, will be bad news for the Democrats.
On the contrary, however, there is also an analysis that the Justice Party does not make a candidate and that it is possible to aim at gathering votes from supporters of progressive propensity. Rep. Daseon of the Seoul Democratic Party said, “The lack of a candidate for the Justice Party will be a plus factor for the Democratic Party.” “If the Democratic Party and the People’s Power candidates are strong, the supporters of the Justice Party will not vote for the Democratic Party anyway.”
The ruling and opposition politicians began to analyze the gains and losses resulting from the nomination of the Justice Party.
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