Marking the 100th day before the April general election today, competition between the candidates is heating up. HyungJin Ro reports.
총선 D-100일, 달아오른
민주당 경선전
Democratic Party’s competition in Honam likely to be in
full swing for General Election
With 100 days
before from the April 15 general elections, candidates of the ruling Democratic
Party are stepping up their efforts to recover their approval rating in the
party’s traditional stronghold of Honam region.
According to
the recent poll, Gwangju's Dongnam-gap, Seogu-eul, Gwangsan-gap, and Mokpo,
Suncheon and Yeosu were predicted to be the main battlegrounds for the
election. As the gap in approval ratings among the top two candidates in those districts
is around 10 percent, the race is expected to get fiercer over time.
In
Dongnam-gap district, former head of Namgu Office Choi Young Ho, former administrator
of Chungwadae Yoon Young Duk, and former election campaign committee chairman
for President Moon Jae In, Lee Jung Hee will compete for the candidacy.
Yang Hyang Ja,
former chief of the Democratic Party, and Lee Nam Jae, the former aide of the South
Jeolla Governor, are competing against six-term lawmaker Chun Jung-bae for
Seogu-eul position.
Meanwhile, Lee
Yong Bin, a member of the Presidential Committee on Balanced National
Development, who has long managed the district, and Lee Seok Hyung, a
three-term Hampyeong County Governor, appeared to be competing for Gwangsan-gab
district.
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