People Power Party
Lee Jin-sook withdraws from Daegu mayoral primary
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Lee Jin-sook, former Korea Communications Commission chief, announced Saturday she is stepping down as a preliminary candidate for Daegu mayor. Excluded from the People Power Party's primary, she opted to support the party's nominee rather than run independently amid fears of a Democratic Party win. The primary concludes Sunday ahead of the June 3 local elections.
Rival parties continued to clash on May 4 over the ruling Democratic Party's (DP) push for a special counsel bill to probe alleged evidence fabrication by the prosecution under the previous Yoon Suk Yeol administration. The bill targets 12 ongoing cases, including eight linked to President Lee Jae Myung. The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) denounced it as an unconstitutional bid to shield Lee.
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The People Power Party nominated supreme council member Yang Hyang-ja as its candidate for Gyeonggi Province governor on May 2 for the June 3 local elections. Yang, a former Samsung Electronics executive, was elected to the National Assembly in 2020. She will face Democratic Party Rep. Choo Mi-ae.
A special counsel team indicted former People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Rep. Choo Kyung-ho without detention on charges related to ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid last December. Choo is accused of blocking party lawmakers from participating in a vote to lift the decree, while former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was also indicted for inciting insurrection.