People Power Party Approves Election Appeals for Re-Elections in Six Regions Including Seoul and Gyeonggi

The leadership of the People Power Party has decided to file election appeals in six regions where ballot paper shortages occurred during the June 3 local elections: Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Ulsan, Busan, and Jeonnam-Gwangju.

Choi Boyoon, chief spokesperson for the People Power Party, announced on June 15 at an emergency Supreme Council meeting convened at the National Assembly by leader Jang Donghyuk that the party had decided to call for a complete re-election in these areas.

Jang Donghyuk, leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim

The People Power Party plans to file appeals for six types of elections in these six regions: metropolitan mayors/governors, basic local government heads, metropolitan council members, basic council members, metropolitan proportional representatives, and basic proportional representatives. However, appeals for National Assembly by-elections and superintendent of education elections are excluded.

Chief spokesperson Choi explained, "The right to appeal in this matter belongs to the party leader, and since the appeal period ends on the 17th, this decision had to be made quickly. Therefore, we could not delay it for a general assembly of lawmakers and instead discussed it at the Supreme Council. The floor leader attended and conveyed the opinions of the parliamentary group, so those views were fully reflected."

Choi added, "Within the parliamentary group, there were differing opinions on whether to exclude Seoul from the appeals or not. Aside from that, consensus was reached on all other points."

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