DP denies ex-interim leader Park's candidacy registration for chairmanship election
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday rejected former interim leader Park Ji-hyun's application to run for the party's chairmanship, citing her lack of qualification.
Park tried to register her candidacy for the DP's leadership election to be held in a national convention on Aug. 28, but the party did not accept the application, saying she is not qualified to do so due to her less-than-six-month-old party membership.
The 26-year-old politician, who joined the party on Feb. 14, was seen as a symbol of generational change in the DP but stepped down as the party's interim leader following its crushing defeat in last month's local elections.
Park Ji-hyun (R), former interim leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, tries to submit a candidacy registration request at the party's election committee office in the National Assembly complex in western Seoul on July 18, 2022, but it was denied. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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