[INTERVIEW] Ruling party s Seoul mayoral candidate vows to make city global economic hub
Posted : 2021-03-07 16:24
Updated : 2021-03-08 10:31
Ruling Democratic Party of Korea s candidate for the April 7 Seoul mayoral election Park Young-sun speaks during an interview with the Hankook Ilbo, the sister paper of The Korea Times, at her election camp office in Seoul, March 2. Korea Times photo by Lee Han-ho
By Jung Da-min
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election has pledged to make the capital one of the world s top seven economic hubs through her economic policies.
Park Young-sun, who formerly served as the Moon Jae-in government s SMEs and startup minister, said that if elected she will maximize the competitiveness and potential of Seoul to make the city a global economic hub, based on her experience and capabilities as a veteran politician and her expertise in economic affairs.
17 A billboard promoting Democrat candidate Pongsing Senpong is seen on a roadside in Nakhon Si Thammarat. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)
The Democrat Party is fending off a challenge from its own coalition partner, Palang Pracharath, in a by-election that will be held on Sunday in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The by-election in Constituency 3 will not alter the political landscape as the coalition led by Palang Pracharath has a comfortable majority in the House. However, it has attracted national attention after the Democrats, led by sacked MP Thepthai Senpong, attacked Palang Pracharath for lacking “political etiquette” by fielding a candidate in the traditional Democrat stronghold.
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Brian Kisanji |
March 4th 2021 at 08:44:31 GMT +0300
An elderly woman casts her vote at Matungu Constituency. [Dennish Ochieng, Standard]
Voting in the Matungu parliamentary by-election kicked off smoothly this morning amidst low voter turnout.
Voters who turned out early morning said the exercise was smooth, applauding the punctuality of the entire process.
Strict health guidelines were also adhered to as no one was allowed in without a mask.
Some of the voters, however, faced some challenges during the identification process as their fingerprints could not be detected by the Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS).
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Candidates for Western Bay of Plenty byelection named
4 Mar, 2021 03:07 AM
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Western Bay of Plenty District Council s head office on Barkes Corner in Tauranga. Photo / File
Western Bay of Plenty District Council s head office on Barkes Corner in Tauranga. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
Ten people including an existing Tauranga councillor are in the running for a seat on the Western Bay of Plenty District Council as part of this year s byelection.
The byelection is to replace Katikati-Waihi Beach Ward councillor Christina Humphreys who resigned in January.
At close of nominations at noon today the candidates are:
Currently, the constituency has at least 62,386 registered voters who are expected to cast their ballots on March 4.
The constituency has five wards namely Namamali, Koyonzo, Mayoni, Kholera and Khalaba with a total of 116 polling stations will be used in all five wards.
Dr Joseph Amukoya became the first MP for Matungu after he won the 1997 parliamentary elections on a Kanu ticket.
But in 2002, Dr Amukoya lost to David Were who rode in National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) wave.
Were successfully defended the seat in 2007 and 2013 on two different party tickets.
He vied on the ODM ticket in 2007 and managed to secure the seat in 2013 as a Ford Kenya candidate.