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The Democratic Party of Korea also canceled the nomination of former lawmaker Chung Bong-ju, who was controversial after falsely apologizing for the “crutch giveaway” remark.
Rep. Park Yong-jin, who lost to former Rep. Jeong in the primary, has applied for a retrial.
This is reporter Minhyung Kim.
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The Democratic Party announced in a written briefing last night that it would cancel the nomination of former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju, who is from the Gangbuk district in Seoul.
The Democratic Party said, “Candidate Chung has caused concern to the public due to the controversy over his false apology to the soldiers who were victims of wooden mines,” and ″We have decided to proceed with the process of re-recommending the Democratic Party candidate in accordance with the party constitution.”
Former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju initially said that he “apologized directly to the person concerned by phone” for his “crutch giveaway” comment in 2017, but a soldier injured by a North Korean landmine told MBC reporters that he “never received an apology phone call.” .
One day later, former lawmaker Jeong changed his statement, saying, “I couldn’t apologize in person because I couldn’t find contact information.”
In response to the inappropriate remarks spreading into a lie controversy, Representative Lee Jae-myung said, “We are aware of the seriousness,” and emphasized “the public’s level of perspective,” effectively implying that a decision to cancel former lawmaker Jeong’s nomination was imminent.
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″I would like to tell you that we are looking at this issue seriously, and that we will accurately understand the issue and devise corresponding measures.″
It is known that former Prime Minister Kim Boo-gyeom, chairman of the standing election committee, also expressed serious concerns to Representative Lee about the seriousness of the issue and the negative impact it would have on the election.
It is said that the People Power Party’s previous decision to cancel the nomination of candidate Do Tae-woo also had an influence on the sudden announcement of the decision to cancel the nomination late at night.
Rep. Park Yong-jin, who lost to former Rep. Jeong in the primary runoff election, has applied for a retrial in this region.
This is Minhyung Kim from MBC News.
2024-03-14 21:06:27
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