Jo Jung-hoon, eyes focused on running for Seoul Mayor… Where is the succession right for proportional representation? [정치의 속살]

-The political world is drawing attention over the transition of the era to the election of the Mayor of Seoul by lawmaker Jo Jung-hoon in April. Although he is not the influential runner who shakes the election board, there is a lot of debate over which party will have the succession of the proportional representative if he gives up the position of proportional representative to run.

At the time of the general election in April of last year, Rep. Cho, who was the co-representative of the transition to the times, received the proportional turn 6 times from the Dongdo Citizen’s Party, the proportional satellite party of the Democratic Party. However, after the general election, the Citizens’ Party of Korea was merged with the Democratic Party of the Republic of Korea, and Rep. Cho returned to the turn of the times while holding the position of parliament after expulsion. Rep. Cho is the representative of the transition and the only member of the National Assembly. Accordingly, it is a matter of interest in the early days whether Cho will give up the proportional representative position, and whether the transition will take over or whether it will be followed by the Democratic Party.

The Central Election Commission said on the 29th that “Assuming that Rep. Joe resigns, the next proportional representative will be succeeded by candidate Lee Kyung-soo, number 18, according to the ranking of the Democratic Party candidate list.” Since Rep. Cho was also a candidate for the Citizen’s Party, the Democratic Party that merged with the party has the right to succeed. The order of succession of proportional representatives of the Democratic Party, which did not make any proportional candidates in the general election, coincides with the order of the Citizens’ Party at the time of the general election. In the unprecedented case of the satellite party’s worthy party and dissolution, the NEC also reportedly concluded the same after several internal reviews.

Rep. Cho is known to be struggling to run until the last minute. It is said that the worries have deepened as the elders around Rep. Cho have recently been soliciting them to run. An official on the side of Congressman Cho said, “It is a mayor with a term of one year, and it is true that there are concerns about whether it is possible for the first election, who is not highly politically recognized, to give up the position of the lawmaker.” Earlier, when asked whether to run on CBS Radio, Congressman Cho said, “Politics generates energy through elections and becomes a catalyst for realizing certain policies.” “How to play such a role, a person who wants to make politics new As a result, I am listening to the thoughts of citizens and political elders with open ears.” Reporter Huh Dong-joon [email protected]Go to reporter page>