People Power Party Asan Mayor Preliminary Candidate Lee Kyosik Files Injunction to Suspend Candidate Selection

"Candidate Rights Deprived Due to Abuse of Authority by the Nomination Committee"

Lee Gyosik, a preliminary candidate, held an emergency press conference at Asan City Hall briefing room on the 17th, protesting against the cut-off decision by the People Power Party Chungnam Provincial Party.

On March 21, Lee Kyosik, a preliminary candidate from the People Power Party who declared his candidacy for the Asan mayoral by-election in South Chungcheong Province scheduled for April 2, announced, "I have filed an injunction with the Cheonan Branch of the Daejeon District Court to suspend the decision on the candidate nomination."

In a press release issued that day, Lee claimed, "Kim Youngseok, the provincial party chairman, and the nomination committee members have deprived me of my rights as a candidate through excessive arbitrariness and abuse of authority," and insisted, "They broke the principle of holding the first primary through a public opinion poll and suddenly announced the cutoff decision to the media."

He continued, "On the 20th, I filed an appeal with the central party and also visited the court," adding, "Along with the main lawsuit, I also filed for an injunction. All responsibility lies with Chairman Kim Youngseok."

Meanwhile, if the court accepts the injunction request, the People Power Party will not be able to finalize a candidate until the main lawsuit is concluded.