Ruling Party Innovation Committee: "No Exceptions for the Presidential Office... All District Strategic Nominations Excluded"

Innovation Committee Passes Agenda Item 4: 'Fair Competition Through Bottom-Up Candidate Nomination'
"No Exceptions for Presidential Office Alumni in Primary Elections"
Calls for Establishing 'Strict Cut-Off' Criteria... Expected to Be Discussed by the Public Official Recommendation Committee

The People Power Party Innovation Committee proposed on the 17th an innovation plan that fundamentally excludes strategic nominations in all constituencies for next year's general election.

On the same day, the Innovation Committee announced at the People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, that it had passed an innovation plan titled 'Fair Competition through Bottom-up Nominations.'

Inyohan, Chairman of the People Power Party Innovation Committee, is attending the Innovation Committee plenary meeting with the people held at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 9th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Innovation Committee member Lee So-hee said at the briefing, "For fair competition, personnel from the Presidential Office must also participate in fair primaries without exception."

Innovation Committee member Kim Kyung-jin explained, "Details such as the percentage of public opinion, party sentiment, responsible party members, and general party members will be comprehensively determined by the Nomination Management Committee," adding, "The core of the Innovation Committee is to create and operate a nomination system that reflects the sentiments of party members and residents of the relevant constituencies as the main principle, rather than nominations imposed from above."

They also urged the establishment of a 'strict cutoff' standard on the same day. Committee member Lee proposed, "I suggest excluding from nominations anyone who has caused social controversy, damaged the party's honor, or has a criminal record of imprisonment or higher." The Innovation Committee added that specific cutoff criteria will be determined by the Nomination Management Committee.