2024-03-27 15:43:17
Jeong Sye-gyun Jongno, Lim Jong-seok middle school and Seongdong-gap campaign
After the general election, competition to secure shares within the party intensifies.
Former Presidential Chief of Staff Lim Jong-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea and former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun will begin campaigning to support pro-Moon (pro-Moon Jae-in) and non-Moon Jae-in (non-Lee Jae-myung) party candidates from the 28th, the official start of the general election campaign. As he is participating in the election campaign as an individual rather than joining the party’s election committee, some analysts say that the competition to secure shares within the party has begun in anticipation of the general election.
According to Dong-A Ilbo’s coverage on the 26th, former Director Lim, who announced his ‘white-armed army’ policy after being excluded from nomination last month, is known to be preparing campaign schedules for areas receiving requests for support in regions that are considered fierce battlegrounds in the general election, such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Gyeongnam. On his first day, the 28th, former Chief Lim is considering campaigning in Seoul Jung-Seongdong-gap, an area where he was cut off and where he was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly in the past. An official close to former Director Lim said, “There has been a request for support from China and Seongdong Gap for a long time, and since it is highly symbolic, there is a high possibility that it will come forward on the first day.”
Within the party, Kim Boo-gyeom, chairman of the standing joint election committee, and others are emphasizing the need for former chief Lim to officially join the election committee, but it is known that the possibility of him joining the election committee is not high. Kim Min-seok, the head of the election committee’s situation office, met with reporters that day and said, “There has been no discussion about a special position, and I strongly agree with the idea that it would be more meaningful to show the appearance of a white soldier.” A key member of the Democratic Party said, “The election situation is not so critical that we need to bring in someone who declared that he will join the election committee by giving him the position of election leader.”
Former Prime Minister Chung also plans to support the Democratic Party’s candidate Kwak Sang-eon’s intensive campaign on the 28th in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where he served as a member of the National Assembly in the 19th and 20s. In the case of former Prime Minister Chung, he was initially considered a candidate for the permanent joint election committee chairman, but he has distanced himself from Representative Lee by publicly criticizing the controversy over the nomination of the ‘inexplicable death’. Former Prime Minister Chung holds the position of chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, so it may be difficult for him to join the campaign committee. An official from former Prime Minister Chung’s side said, “In his personal capacity, the campaign schedule has currently been confirmed in about 4 to 5 locations.”
There is an analysis that the joining of key figures from outside the party is a competition to secure influence within the party after the general election. An opposition official said, “In order to secure influence at the national convention in August after the general election, non-members will also have to actively participate in the election campaign and take a stake.”
Reporter Dabin Yoon empty@donga.com
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2024-03-27 15:43:17