Rep. Joo Ho-young, who was cut off (excluded from nomination) in the People Power Party primary for the Daegu mayoral race in the June 3 local elections, met with Chairperson Jang Dong-hyeok on the 31st and asked to cancel the cutoff decision.
After finishing a meeting with Chairperson Jang at the National Assembly vice speaker's office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the same day, Rep. Joo met with reporters and said, "Today I told Chairperson Jang about the problems with the nominations, including the nomination turmoil, and demanded that they be corrected with a fair and proper nomination," and added, "Chairperson Jang said he would consider various aspects and deliberate."
After finishing the meeting the same day, Chairperson Jang also said, "I spoke with Vice Speaker Joo, and he asked that the Daegu nominations be corrected," and added, "I told him I would deliberate."
Earlier, the People Power Party nomination management committee on the 22nd cut off six-term Rep. Joo and former Korea Communications Commission Chair Lee Jin-sook from the Daegu mayoral primary and decided on a preliminary primary for six people: Reps. Yoon Jae-ok, Choo Kyung-ho, Yoo Young-ha, and Choi Eun-seok; former Rep. Hong Seok-joon; and former Dong-gu district head Lee Jae-man.
Rep. Joo filed for an injunction to suspend the effect of the nomination committee's cutoff decision with the court on the 26th, protesting the decision. Rep. Joo said that day, "The court hearing concluded today and they said the ruling would come this week; if it is quick, I think the result might come out around the day after tomorrow (on the 2nd)."
Meanwhile, Nomination Committee Chairperson Lee Jung-hyun, who had hinted at running in Honam in this local election, expressed her resignation as chairperson that day. The judgment on the outcome of the court injunction appears likely to be made by the party leadership and the newly formed nomination committee afterward.