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.
Controversy is brewing within the liberal Democratic Party (DP) after several incidents critics interpret as signs that members not aligned with party leader Lee Jae-myung could be prevented from standing in the upcoming April general election.
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