A request for an injunction to suspend the effect, filed by Joo Ho-young, a lawmaker excluded (cut off) from the People Power Party's nomination for Daegu mayor in the June 3 local elections, was dismissed by the court.
The Seoul Southern District Court Civil Agreement Division 51 (Chief Judge Kwon Seong-su) dismissed on the 3rd the injunction request that the lawmaker filed against the People Power Party.
The court said, "Based solely on the evidence submitted (by the lawmaker's side), it is difficult to conclude that the People Power Party clearly violated the procedures set out in its party constitution and rules," and added, "It cannot be said that the party's nomination committee made a decision that was markedly lacking in objective rationality."
On the 22nd of last month, the People Power Party's nomination committee cut off six-term lawmaker Joo and former Korea Communications Commission Chair Lee Jin-sook from the Daegu mayoral primary and decided on a preliminary primary of six people: lawmakers Yoon Jae-ok, Choo Kyung-ho, Yoo Young-ha, and Choi Eun-seok; former lawmaker Hong Seok-jun; and former Dong-gu District Chief Lee Jae-man.
The lawmaker opposed the nomination committee's cut-off decision and filed for an injunction to suspend its effect with the court on the 26th of last month, but it was dismissed that day.