The National Assembly on Thursday nominated three candidates to the Constitutional Court, which held its first pretrial meeting on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment case the same day.
Both of Korea's major political parties are scrambling to contain the potential fallout from their parliamentary candidates' controversial past records by canceling nominations ahead of the April 10 general election.
Now, DP leader Lee Jae-myung wants to transform his own lawyers into lawmakers to defend himself in the legislature.
After DP leader Lee Jae-myung brushed off his biased nominations of candidates for the upcoming elections as a “black swan event,” implying that past judgment is not always right, the PPP doesn’t care at all,
Voters see better. They will make their judgment based on the vision and potential of new politics.
The contours of the April 10 general election began to take shape with nominations by both the liberal Democratic Party (DP) and conservative People Power Party (PPP) complete in approximately 49 parliamentary constituencies as of Sunday morning.
As the Democratic Party under Lee Jae-myung tries to eliminate lawmakers either close to former President Moon Jae-in or not loyal to Lee in the party’s nominations for the April 10 parliamentary elections, the two outside groups are embarrassed.
The candidates include former aides to President Yoon Suk Yeol as the party seeks to challenge the opposition.
This comes as a fierce battle unfolds between politicians vying for DP nominations who belong to the faction supporting DP chief Lee Jae-myung and those contesting them.
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