People Power Party to File Election Appeals in 6 Regions Including Seoul; Oh Se-hoon's Side Says "Will Wait and See"

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The People Power Party has decided to file appeals to nullify election results in six regions, including Seoul, where shortages of ballots occurred. In response, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's side stated that they would "wait and see" for now.

Report by Park Chan-bum.

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The People Power Party held an emergency Supreme Council meeting this afternoon, June 15.

The party decided to file election nullification appeals for six regions—Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Busan, Ulsan, and Gwangju—citing that these areas experienced voter wait times due to ballot shortages.

The appeals will collectively cover six types of elections in those regions, including races for metropolitan mayors, local government heads, metropolitan council members, local council members, and proportional representation seats for both metropolitan and local councils.

However, the superintendent of education elections and parliamentary by-elections were excluded.

Under the Public Official Election Act, election appeals must be filed within 14 days of the election date, meaning the deadline is this Wednesday. The People Power Party's Supreme Council explained that the decision was made without going through a general meeting of lawmakers due to the limited time available.

[Choi Bo-yoon / Chief Spokesperson of the People Power Party: Since the party leader is the one authorized to file the appeal, the deadline is this Wednesday. Therefore, there are parts that had to be decided urgently. We cannot delay the deadline any further.]

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's side stated, "We were told by the party that since this is not a full re-election for Seoul, but a procedure to appeal regarding specific polling stations where issues occurred, Seoul was mentioned," adding that they would "wait and see."

Internal conflict within the People Power Party over calls for Representative Jang Dong-hyuk's resignation has also intensified.

During the Supreme Council meeting this morning, Supreme Council member Yang Hyang-ja compared the "Jang Dong-hyuk leadership" to "zombies" and demanded the mass resignation of the party leadership.

[Yang Hyang-ja / Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party: I propose the mass resignation of the leadership. Unfortunately, the current People Power Party leadership is being called a zombie leadership.]

Representative Jang dismissed the resignation demands, stating that focusing party efforts on a "special prosecutor for the National Election Commission" is the priority.

[Jang Dong-hyuk / Representative of the People Power Party: I believe that using the term 'zombie' is an insult to the citizens who have sent us their support.]

The People Power Party plans to hold a general meeting of lawmakers to coincide with the National Assembly plenary session scheduled for this week.

At that meeting, the confrontation between the pro-leadership faction and lawmakers opposing Jang Dong-hyuk over calls for a full re-election and the party leader's future is expected to reach a peak.

(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan | Video editing: Jang Hyun-ki)
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