Three-way race in the Democratic Party’s second-half National Assembly Speaker election
A three-way race in the Democratic Party’s National Assembly Speaker election, with Kim Tae-nyeon, Park Jie-won, and Cho Jeong-sik confirmed to run In this election, where the voting preferences of rights-holding party members are a variable, check the flow all the way through the upcoming plenary session
The Democratic Party's primary to select a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly for the second half of the 22nd National Assembly has been set as a threeway race among lawmakers Kim Taenyeon, Park Jiewon, and Cho Jeongsik.
The three lawmakers each held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 4th and officially announced their candidacies. Since the Democratic Party is the largest party in the National Assembly, the candidate who wins this primary is highly likely to become Speaker of the National Assembly in effect.
The primary will determine the candidate by combining 20% from a vote by rightsholding party members on the 11th and 12th with 80% from a vote by lawmakers on the 13th, after which the final selection will be made through a vote in the plenary session. This time, a vote by rightsholding party members has been introduced for the first time, drawing attention to how it will affect the result.