The Democratic Party of Korea held a party committee meeting on July 14 and approved amendments to party rules to implement a preference voting system as decided in the supreme council meeting.
After the party committee concluded, Representative Choi Gi-sang spoke with reporters, stating that the amendments would be applied at the upcoming convention in August.
"The main content clearly defines the methods for conducting runoff voting and preference voting," Choi said, adding that the rule regarding the non-disclosure of interim vote counts during preference voting would be revised to clarify the intermediate calculation process.
Choi explained that with the approval of the amendments, the preparation committee and the supreme council would proceed sequentially to finalize the method for electing the next leadership.
"Since the amendments have been approved, we will hold a meeting of the election preparation committee this afternoon to finalize the method for electing the leadership," Choi said. "Once we pass through the supreme council and party committee decisions on the 15th, that part will be completed."
He added, "Once the method for electing the leadership is determined, the election management committee plans to announce the candidate registration notice. This will allow candidate registration for the convention to proceed as scheduled on the 16th and 17th."
However, Choi noted that there were some opinions among party committee members regarding the introduction of a youth committee, which was rejected in the supreme council.
Choi stated, "While the party committee approved the amendments, some members requested the election of a youth committee member, and we plan to discuss the preference voting system comprehensively at the upcoming election preparation committee."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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