The Democratic United Party will cut the
candidates with the lowest scores in surveys later this month, ahead of the
presidential primaries scheduled to be held in September.
According to the DUP’s presidential election preparation committee Friday, the party will survey party members and the public on July 29 and 30, and the top five candidates will be allowed to run in the primaries.
At present, five DUP lawmakers ― Moon Jae-in, Sohn Hak-kyu, Chung Se-kyun, Kim Yong-hwan and Choi Kyung-tae ― have officially announced that they will be running for the presidency.
South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Doo-kwan is scheduled to announce his candidacy on Sunday. In addition, South Jeolla Province Governor Park Jun-yeong and former presidential candidate Chung Dong-young have been named as possible candidates, setting the number of potential DUP presidential hopefuls at eight.
According to the preparation committee’s plans, the survey will give 70 percent weight to party members, and the remaining 30 percent will be given to the public’s responses.
“As ballots for those who were removed in the cut-off are dead votes, it was decided to conduct the cut-off before the open primaries,” a DUP official told the local media. He added that allocating a longer period for forming the electoral body is beneficial to the primaries. The DUP was originally expected to cut off candidates with the smallest support base within the party in August.
With the party deciding to cut off candidates earlier than planned, the DUP will close candidate registration on July 22, and finalize rules for the primaries before July 25.
As for the primaries, the DUP will begin going around the country to hold elections on August 25 in Jeju, and the final candidate is expected to be selected in late September.
Party representatives will cast their votes on site, while ordinary party members and members of the public will be able to choose between onsite and mobile voting.
By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldm.com)
According to the DUP’s presidential election preparation committee Friday, the party will survey party members and the public on July 29 and 30, and the top five candidates will be allowed to run in the primaries.
At present, five DUP lawmakers ― Moon Jae-in, Sohn Hak-kyu, Chung Se-kyun, Kim Yong-hwan and Choi Kyung-tae ― have officially announced that they will be running for the presidency.
South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Doo-kwan is scheduled to announce his candidacy on Sunday. In addition, South Jeolla Province Governor Park Jun-yeong and former presidential candidate Chung Dong-young have been named as possible candidates, setting the number of potential DUP presidential hopefuls at eight.
According to the preparation committee’s plans, the survey will give 70 percent weight to party members, and the remaining 30 percent will be given to the public’s responses.
“As ballots for those who were removed in the cut-off are dead votes, it was decided to conduct the cut-off before the open primaries,” a DUP official told the local media. He added that allocating a longer period for forming the electoral body is beneficial to the primaries. The DUP was originally expected to cut off candidates with the smallest support base within the party in August.
With the party deciding to cut off candidates earlier than planned, the DUP will close candidate registration on July 22, and finalize rules for the primaries before July 25.
As for the primaries, the DUP will begin going around the country to hold elections on August 25 in Jeju, and the final candidate is expected to be selected in late September.
Party representatives will cast their votes on site, while ordinary party members and members of the public will be able to choose between onsite and mobile voting.
By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldm.com)
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