The People Power Party said on the 20th it would decide the final candidate to run in the Gyeonggi governor race through a four-person "one-shot primary."
Park Deok-heum, nomination management committee chair of the People Power Party, met with reporters after a meeting at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, that day and said, "We will hold a one-shot primary for four people who applied in the Gyeonggi governor candidate call: Supreme Council member Yang Hyang-ja, former anchor Lee Seong-bae, Supreme Council member Cho Gwang-han, and former Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) President Ham Jin-gyu."
The People Power Party will issue the primary notice on the 21st, hold two debates from the 21st to the 29th, and then conduct a primary for two days starting on the 30th that reflects 50% party sentiment (party member voting) and 50% public sentiment (opinion polling), with the final candidate to be confirmed on the 2nd of next month.
On the 8th of last month, the People Power Party received nominations for Gyeonggi governor from two people—Supreme Council member Yang and former lawmaker Ham—but former nomination committee chair Lee Jung-hyun and party leader Jang Dong-hyeok said there were problems with their competitiveness in the general election and sought to recruit other figures; after that failed, the party ultimately went through a reapplication process.
Meanwhile, as the Democratic Party of Korea confirmed Choo Mi-ae as its candidate and launched an all-out campaign, the People Power Party plans to speed up the selection of its candidate through a one-shot primary.