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Long way to go before opposition s fielding of single candidate
Posted : 2021-03-02 16:03
Updated : 2021-03-14 17:25
People s Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo, a candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election, visits the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
By Do Je-hae
After minor opposition People s Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo was confirmed Monday as the winner of a third-party primary for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, all eyes are now on whether it will be possible for Ahn and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) to field a single candidate as he has been suggesting.
But it is widely predicted the discussion to field a single candidate to represent the opposition bloc will not be easy, as the People s Party and the PPP differ on how to select one, with each preferring a method that favors their own candidate
Posted : 2021-03-01 20:22
Updated : 2021-03-02 09:55
Former Startups Minister Park Young-sun, left, celebrates winning the ruling Democratic Party of Korea s (DPK) primary to choose its candidate for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election. Park was declared the DPK s sole candidate at the party headquarters on Yeouido, Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
Former Startups Minister Park Young-sun was named the ruling Democratic Party of Korea s candidate to run in the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, Monday.
Park, also a former four-term lawmaker, was declared the winner of a party primary against sitting four-term lawmaker Woo Sang-ho, winning 69.56 percent of the ballots cast by voters in and outside of the party over the phone and the internet for four days to Monday.