People Power Party Files Election Petitions for 11 Regions; Democratic Party Calls It 'Bulletproof Petition' for Jang Dong-hyuk

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Yesterday (June 17), the deadline for filing election petitions regarding the June 3 local elections, the People Power Party (PPP) submitted petitions for a total of 11 cities and provinces, including Seoul and Gyeonggi. While Representative Jang Dong-hyuk had argued for filing petitions for all 16 cities and provinces nationwide, the scope was narrowed down to regions where voting delays or suspensions occurred following discussions at the general meeting of lawmakers.

Reporter Kim Kwan-jin has the story.

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The regions for which the People Power Party decided to file election petitions include seven areas: Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Busan, Ulsan, Gwangju, and North Chungcheong Province.

Daegu and South Gyeongsang Province, which were initially under consideration, were excluded from the final list, taking into account that the People Power Party candidates were elected in those regions.

During the general meeting of lawmakers, Representative Jang Dong-hyuk argued that all 16 cities and provinces nationwide should be included in the petition to prepare for the possibility of additional issues being uncovered.

On the other hand, the newly inaugurated floor leader, Jeong Jeom-sik, stated that the scope should be limited to regions where actual voting delays or suspensions occurred.

After about three hours of discussion among the lawmakers, it was decided that only seven regions would be subject to party-level petitions, in line with the floor leader's opinion.

The People Power Party stated that the central party is filing election petitions for seven regions, and that candidates for metropolitan government heads in four additional regions have expressed their intention to file petitions directly.

Specifically, the party announced that it has completed the submission of election petitions for a total of 11 regions, including Daejeon, South Chungcheong Province, Sejong, and North Jeolla Province.

The Democratic Party criticized these petitions as a "bulletproof petition" for Representative Jang Dong-hyuk.

[Han Byung-do / Democratic Party Floor Leader: I urge Representative Jang Dong-hyuk and the People Power Party's election fraud conspiracy theorists, who act like shamans, to please regain their reason and cooperate with the parliamentary investigation and the truth-finding process regarding this situation.]

Meanwhile, Representative Jeong Hee-yong of the People Power Party stated that at least 39 voters gave up or were unable to vote at 26 polling stations nationwide where voting was suspended on the day of the local election, and an official from the National Election Commission confirmed that this figure is accurate.

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-hee)
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