People Power Party Adds 12 Single Nominees Including Jeong Jin-seok, Seong Il-jong, and Shin Beom-cheol

The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee announced on the morning of the 16th the 12 candidates who received uncontested nominations in the Gyeonggi, Jeonnam, Chungbuk, and Chungnam regions. In Gyeonggi, six candidates?Jeong Pil-jae (Siheung Gap), Go Seok (Yongin Byeong), Kang Cheol-ho (Yongin Jeong), Song Seok-jun (Icheon), Kim Hak-yong (Anseong), and Hong Cheol-ho (Gimpo Eul)?were nominated uncontested. In Chungbuk, four candidates?Shin Beom-cheol (Cheonan Gap), Jeong Jin-seok (Gongju, Buyeo, Cheongyang), Seong Il-jong (Seosan, Taean), and Jeong Yong-seon (Dangjin)?received uncontested nominations. In Chungbuk and Jeonnam, Kim Jin-mo (Cheongju Seowon) and Park Jeong-suk (Yeosu-si Gap), respectively, were uncontested nominees.

Jeong Young-hwan, Chairman of the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee, is announcing the results of the 8th meeting on the morning of the 16th at the People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul.
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The Hongseong-Yesan district in Chungnam, where conflicts arose during the nomination process, is expected to hold a primary election. Hong Moon-pyo, a People Power Party lawmaker, engaged in a dispute over the "presidential watch" with Kang Seung-gyu, former Senior Secretary for Civil Society at the Presidential Office, who applied for nomination in the district. The day before, after completing the nomination interview, Representative Hong said, "(The interviewers) said they gave away 10,000 watches as souvenirs, so I asked if they gave one to all 10,000 people." On the other hand, former Secretary Kang rebutted, saying, "Representative Hong mentioned the watch, but the Civil Society Secretary's Office is a channel for communication with citizens," adding, "The presidential watch was prepared for visits to the Presidential Office or meetings. It is normal work of the Civil Society Secretary's Office."

Meanwhile, Jang Dong-hyeok, Secretary-General of the People Power Party, firmly stated that it is impossible to have a nomination process that satisfies everyone amid some noise during the nominations. Secretary-General Jang said, "There will be some noise within the party, but what matters more is how the public evaluates it."