Joo Ho-young of the People Power Party appeared for a court hearing on an injunction he filed to challenge the decision to cut him off from nomination (cutoff) for Daegu mayor in the June 3 local elections.
The Seoul Southern District Court Civil Agreement Division 51 (Chief Senior Judge Kwon Seong-su) held a hearing at 2:30 p.m. on the 27th on the injunction request that Rep. Joo filed against the People Power Party.
Appearing for the hearing, Rep. Joo said, "Because it is a wrong decision that damages democracy, I think the court will correct it."
He added, "This injunction request is partly to protect individual rights, but ending arbitrary nominations and nominations that eliminate political rivals is the way to save the party."
Asked what he would focus on proving, Rep. Joo said, "It is a wrongful cutoff that does not substantively meet any cutoff requirement," adding, "Procedurally, it did not even undergo a formal resolution, and there are procedural flaws in that they did not even count pros and cons."
Earlier, the People Power Party's nomination management committee cut off Rep. Joo and former Korea Communications Commission Chair Lee Jin-sook and decided to have six other candidates hold a preliminary primary.