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Democratic Party leadership held a party committee meeting today (13th) and decided to put an end to the controversy over the invalidity of the primary. Former representative Nak-yeon Lee urges a runoff vote and is putting pressure on the leadership until the end.
Reporter Kang Min-woo reports.
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After a while, at 1:30 pm, the Democratic Party will convene the Party Affairs Committee.
The Party Secretariat is the party's highest decision-making body with the authority to interpret the party constitution and bylaws. After discussion, we will go through the decision-making process.
[Koi Yong-jin / Senior Spokesperson for the Democratic Party: Objections related to Articles 59 and 60 of the Special Party Rules are resolved through resolution.] A
Democratic Party official said, "Considering the composition of the 50 or so party members, all votes of resigned candidates are considered invalid votes. It is highly likely that the interpretation of the Party Election Commission will be cited as it is,” he said.
It is expected that Lee Nak-yeon's objection will not be accepted, but Lee Nak-yeon's camp side issued a statement urging once again to hold a runoff vote today, saying, "CEO Song Young-gil remarked as if the conclusion had already been confirmed even before the party meeting was held. I'm sorry," he criticized.
In particular, he publicly criticized President Song's remarks with the intention of surrendering.
Earlier, Rep. Seol-hoon, who served as the leader of the campaign, fired a direct blow saying that it is the leadership that divides the party.
[Seol-hoon/Democratic Party Member (Lee Nak-yeon, Co-President of Camp Co-election): Who is the person who creates the source of division of the party?
CEO Song Young-gil is not fair and is biased toward one side.]
Former CEO Nak-Yeon Lee is said to be presenting a position after seeing the results of the party committee today.