Kim Dong-yeon is getting bigger … The constitution of the first one changed “you can apply immediately after joining”

Furthermore, it was revealed that the Democratic Party revised the party constitution and party rules last month so that they can run for public office if they join the office before the 4/7 by-election of the mayors of Seoul and Busan. Originally, only rights party members who had paid party expenses for at least six months after joining were eligible to run for public office, but this qualification requirement was removed. A key Democratic Party official explained: “A problem that could not receive recruiting staff was discovered and fixed when an election came before our eyes.”

For this reason, it is said that “the leadership is considering the third candidate as a preliminary candidate for mayor of Seoul.” A lawmaker in charge of the party’s strategy said: “I don’t have a specific person in mind, but I want to bring all the people who can bring it.” Another member of the leadership said, “We also considered the fact that Byeon Seong-wan was unable to join the party in advance because he was a civil servant.”

Park Young-sun (left), right Sang-ho (right)

This is because Park Young-sun, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Representative Sang-ho Woo and Representative Park Ju-min, fell behind the leader of the national party Ahn Chul-soo. In the opinion poll conducted by Real Meter (requested by Newsis, announced on the 2nd), although the approval ratings of three Park ministers (11.6%), U. I could not catch it. In terms of support for political parties, the power of the people (34.3%) slightly surpassed the Democratic Party (31.1%) within the margin of error.

Here’s another variable. Representative Park Joo-min is actually holding on to the side of not running. One of Congressman Park’s aides said, “I didn’t say clearly that I couldn’t run, but my mind leaned to that last month.”

Park Ju-min, member of the Democratic Party

It is also bad news that Minister Park Young-sun’s nomination declaration is being delayed. During this reorganization, the Blue House retained Minister Park, and Minister Park must consider when to resign from his own position to run. Representative Sang-ho Woo, the only Democratic Party official to run, made a move to publicly criticize Lee Nak-yeon’s ‘Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye amnesty’ on Day 1, and to report his presence.

However, there are concerns from the party leadership that “the atmosphere may change to the opposition only because of the bilateral composition of Sang-ho Woo and Young-sun Park.”

For this reason, among some members of the ruling party, the election of former Vice Premier Kim Dong-yeon as the third mayor of Seoul is being discussed. It’s an assessment of its appropriateness as a “card that can get middle-class votes” in the situation where CEO Ahn Chul-soo is ahead.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon met representatives of the Busan Travel Special Forces at the Busan Pukyong National University kick-off cafe in July last year.

However, an official said: “If you go out, it will help the box office, but it is difficult to pass the primaries because there is no support force, so can you go out as a fire extinguisher?” Another lawmaker close to former Deputy Prime Minister Kim also said: “I don’t know if the party gives a candidate position for a strategic nomination, but if I ask him to come to the contest, I doubt he will participate.” Former Deputy Prime Minister Kim said nothing about the Seoul mayor’s inauguration.

Rather, a People’s Power official said: “Would former Deputy Prime Minister Kim start politics in a Democratic Party whose disposition does not coincide with him? If you enter the political world, you have a great chance of becoming an opposition party. ”

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