Democratic Party Seongbuk deleted from Party Affairs Committee procedures for violation of Lee Jae-myeong’s ‘nomination’
In the nomination of candidate Seongbuk of the Democratic Party, the party affairs committee procedure stipulated by the party constitution was deleted and replaced with ‘delegation’, and Representative Lee Jae-myung violated the procedure by ‘exercising the right to nominate’.
Regarding ‘re-recommendation’, the Democratic Party constitution clearly states in Article 104 the procedure for ‘selection of candidates’ by ‘invalidation measures’ of the party affairs committee.
The Democratic Party announced in writing on the 22nd, "Party leader Lee Jae-myung decided and approved spokesperson Han Min-soo as a candidate for Gangbuk, Seoul, under the authority of the delegated party affairs committee and supreme committee." and announced Songpa-gu residents as Seongbuk-gu.
The Democratic Party constitution stipulates <15. Approval of candidates for public office elections> <18. ② It was stated that the party affairs committee may specify its authority in detail and delegate it to the party representative or the supreme committee, forcing it to be ‘convened once a month’ and ‘convened by the chairman when necessary.’
On this day, Representative Lee violated the 'convening of the chairman' procedure in the 'right to request a convocation', blocked the 'specification of specific delegation of authority', and pushed for 'selection of candidates by delegation.' Article 28 of the Democratic Party's constitution states, Accordingly, it is specified that only the 'right to recommend confirmed candidates' is exercised as 'the confirmed candidate for public office election is recommended'. On the other hand, Article 24 (convocation, etc.) of the party constitution regarding the 'party affairs committee', which is higher than the representative, stipulates that <① the party affairs committee shall be held on a monthly basis. In principle, it is convened once, and is convened by the chairman when the chairman or the Supreme Committee deems it necessary or when more than one-third of the registered members request it.>, <③ Standing advisors and advisors may attend the party affairs committee and speak. >As the highest body of the political party, the 'public system' was enforced.
The Democratic Party's constitution provides for 're-recommendation for public elections' <Article 104 (Re-recommendation) ① When a person confirmed as a public election candidate is unable to register as a candidate or a reason specified in the party rules arises, the recommendation is invalidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the party rules. and can be re-recommended.> and <② If there are significant reasons, such as a short candidate registration period, the party affairs committee may invalidate the recommendation, select a candidate, and re-recommend>, according to the party affairs committee's 'invalidation measures'. The 'candidate selection' procedure was specified.
The Democratic Party’s rules stipulate ‘strategic nomination’ in <Article 13 (Selection Review)>, and in accordance with the party constitution, Article 28 provides ‘selection review criteria’ in <3. It was specified as a constituency where the relevant National Assembly member or regional chairperson has a vacant seat due to non-candidates or accident committee decisions, etc., making it impossible to convert Seongbuk-eul, which currently has a National Assembly member in the district, to a 'strategic target', and Representative Lee said this provision was converted into a 'strategic region' by applying the personal opinion that 'the runner-up is the loser'.
In response to the candidate who withdrew from the nomination, Representative Lee said, "The rules have already been set. It is free to compete within the set rules and say that the rules are disadvantageous to me, but it is not right to speak as if there is a problem with the operation of the game." He said on the 28th of last month, “I won’t play because I feel like I’m going to lose. This won’t be pretty for the public.”
The Democratic Party's constitution provides for 're-recommendation for public elections' <Article 104 (Re-recommendation) ① When a person confirmed as a public election candidate is unable to register as a candidate or a reason specified in the party rules arises, the recommendation is invalidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the party rules. and can be re-recommended.> and <② If there are significant reasons, such as a short candidate registration period, the party affairs committee may invalidate the recommendation, select a candidate, and re-recommend>, according to the party affairs committee's 'invalidation measures'. The ‘candidate selection’ procedure was clearly stated.
Ahn Gyu-baek, chairman of the Strategic Nomination Committee, said on CBS Radio on the morning of the 22nd, “There is almost no succession to the runner-up. In the general election process, it is rare for the runner-up to win,” he said. “Because the overall content itself is a factor caused by flaws and defects in the candidate, the rule is to go for a third person,” he said. announced.
Candidate Yang Moon-seok, whom Representative Lee insisted on maintaining his nomination, was active in a separate organization of Representative Lee's 'National Innovation Council for Democracy.'