Ruling Party Leadership Candidates Launch Full-Scale Campaign in Yeongnam for '40% Responsible Party Members'

Nakyungwon, Won Heeryong, Yoon Sanghyun, Handonghoon All Gathered from Yeongnam
Full Effort to Secure Allies in Key Support Areas

On the 28th, the four People Power Party presidential candidates will simultaneously visit TK (Daegu·Gyeongbuk) and PK (Busan·Gyeongnam), known as conservative strongholds. Candidate Na Kyung-won will visit Daegu, candidate Won Hee-ryong will visit Gyeongnam, candidate Yoon Sang-hyun will visit Gyeongbuk, and candidate Han Dong-hoon will visit Busan to secure support bases.

Candidate Na's first schedule is a meeting with the Buk-gu Eul party member council in Daegu, followed by visits to party offices in Dong-gu, Gunwi-gun Gap and Eul, Jung-nam-gu, Seo-gu, Dalseo-eul, and Suseong to meet with party members. She will also visit Daegu City Hall to meet with local journalists and local government council members. Candidate Yoon plans to visit the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office in Andong, Gyeongbuk at 10 a.m. that day, then return to Seoul to experience delivery rider work.

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Candidate Won will hold meetings with the Jinju Gap and Eul party member councils in Gyeongnam and have a meeting with Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongnam. Afterwards, he will visit Masan Fish Market in Changwon City and hold a meeting at the Masan Hoe-won-gu party member council. Candidate Han will start the day by paying respects at the UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, then meet with party members in Nam-gu, Haeundae Gap and Eul, Busanjin Gap and Eul, Yeonje, Gangseo, and Saha-eul. Candidate Han also plans to have a tea meeting with Park Hyung-joon, Mayor of Busan.

Since the party member voting ratio is high at 80% in this party convention, candidates are focusing on Yeongnam, where responsible party members make up 40% (about 320,000) of the total. The day before, the non-incumbent candidates Han Dong-hoon and Won Hee-ryong visited Daegu and Busan respectively. A ruling party official explained, "Ahead of the main race such as regional joint debates, the candidates are likely trying to secure as many allies as possible in their key support areas."