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After the party\u2019s candidate selection committee announced it would hold a six-person primary for Daegu mayor excluding Joo Ho-young and Lee Jin-sook, former People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Kim Sung-tae suggested that Joo might run as an independent.<\/p>\n

On the 3rd, Kim appeared on CBS Radio\u2019s Park Jae-hong\u2019s One Match and said the court\u2019s dismissal of Joo Ho-young\u2019s injunction, given how dynamic the situation is, effectively means there will be no substantive change. By making that ruling, one of the levers that could have dramatically shaken up the June 3 election has been removed, he said.<\/p>\n

Kim outlined three options for Joo: first, run as an independent; second, vacate his district to ally with Han Dong-hoon and spearhead a conservative rebuilding effort; or third, step back from the race, serve humbly in the Daegu mayoral campaign headquarters, and use his stature as a six-term lawmaker to act as a senior conservative elder. Those, Kim said, are Joo\u2019s only options.<\/p>\n

Predicting Joo\u2019s response, Kim said that given his temperament, he expects Joo to cause a stir. He added that Joo is more likely to challenge the party\u2019s committee operations and decisions than to pursue an alliance with Han. From the perspective of the pro-government bloc, the Daegu mayoral race will become more interesting, Kim said. Speaking on the assumption that Joo will run, Kim also said he believes Joo is highly likely to consider an independent bid.<\/p>\n

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  \u25b2People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk (left) walks into Deputy Speaker Joo Ho-young’s office on the 31st during a National Assembly plenary session to meet him after Joo was eliminated as a June 3 Daegu mayoral candidate and filed for an injunction to suspend that decision. \u24d2Yonhap News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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