Rep. Lee Jun-seok of the splinter conservative Reform Party said he intends to run for president if President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment is upheld and an early presidential election is held.
Incumbents performed well in key battleground districts during Wednesday's general election, though some political heavyweights barely scraped by after nail-biting vote counts.
Reform Party leader and former People Power Party (PPP) leader Lee Jun-seok said that his mother's tears "moved voters' hearts and minds."
Lee Jun-seok, the Reform Party leader, held a lead over his liberal rival Democratic Party (DP) candidate Gong Young-woon in a close race for the Hwaseong-B District in Gyeonggi, as of 10 p.m. Wednesday.
So-called kingmaker Kim Chong-in returned to the political scene as he was named chief of the nomination committee of the new splinter party led by former People Power Party (PPP) chief Lee Jun-seok.
The short-lived drama of uniting the four incompatible parties has splashed cold water on voters’ hopes for new politics.
After Lee Jun-seok, co-chair of the New Reform Party, demanded full authority to nominate candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections, co-chair Lee Nak-yon declared the dismantlement of the fledgling party.
Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and former People Power Party (PPP) head Lee Jun-seok, co-chairs of the New Reform Party, parted ways Tuesday just 11 days after forming a merger.
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