Democrats can't draw conclusions about 'exclusion of Song Young-gil and Park Ju-min'... "Further Discussion"

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Democratic Party leadership discussed the issue of Seoul mayor nomination in the June local election, including the exclusion of former party leader Song Young-gil and Rep. Park Jumin, until late last night (20th), but no conclusion was reached.

The Democrats decided to continue further discussions today.

This is reporter Kang Min-woo.

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Democratic Party's Emergency Response Committee convened a meeting at 9 o'clock last night to discuss the election strategy for the June 1 local elections, including the exclusion of the nominations for Seoul mayor by Song Young-gil and Park Ju-min, who were proposed by the Party's Strategic Nomination Committee.

However, there were differences of opinion among the non-commissioned members, and no conclusion could be reached.

[Koi Yong-jin / Senior Spokesperson of the Democratic Party: There are significant differences of opinion and there are several time restrictions, but still, we need to think more deeply for a day or two (opinions are gathered.)] The day

before yesterday, the Democratic Party's Strategic Nomination Management Committee held an internal meeting It was decided to exclude former Representative Song and Rep. Park from the nominations for mayor of Seoul, but opposition voices arose not only from the parties but also from the party leadership.

[Park Ji-hyeon / Democratic Party Joint Emergency Response Committee Chairman: I define this decision as a decision that ignores party members, Seoul citizens, and the public.

What kind of rubber band is this?]

Rep. Lee Jae-myung-gye, who had supported former President Song, also protested against the decision to 'exclude nomination', saying that a primary election was necessary.

[Lee Won-wook / Chairman of the Democratic Party Strategic Nomination

Management Committee (KBS Radio (April 20)): It was a heartbreaking and difficult decision, but I decided that showing what I was doing in the township was the least thing for the people of today.]

It is known that the Minister of SMEs and Startups and former Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha are being considered as candidates for strategic nominations.

The non-captain Democratic Party will hold another meeting this morning to further discuss the Seoul mayor nomination strategy.