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 ballot papers occurred. In response, the side of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon stated that they would "wait and see" for now.

Here is the report by Park Chan-beom.

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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 paper shortages.

The appeals will be filed collectively for six types of elections in those regions, including metropolitan mayoral, local mayoral, metropolitan council, local council, and metropolitan and local proportional representation elections.

However, the education superintendent 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 the day after tomorrow. The People Power Party's Supreme Council explained that the decision was made without going through a general meeting of lawmakers due to time constraints.

[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 in the case of Seoul, it is not a full re-election, but a procedure to appeal regarding the specific polling stations in question," adding that they would "wait and see."

Internal strife 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 a "zombie" and demanded the mass resignation of the 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 strength 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 this week.

It is expected that the conflict between the pro-leadership faction and those opposing Representative Jang regarding calls for a full re-election and the party leader's position will reach its peak at that meeting.

(Reported by Lee Seung-hwan and Shin Dong-hwan | Video by Jang Hyun-ki)
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