Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon rejected reports that incumbent governors from the ruling People Power Party in the southeastern region of Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang planned to pursue a separate election effort, calling the claim untrue. He also dismissed reports that they were pushing the party not to field a candidate in the Busan Buk-gu A by-election after Han Dong-hoon declared he would run as an independent.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Park said local leaders in the region had no plan to release any declaration about holding an independent election.
He added that the governors had not discussed any request for the party to forgo nominating a candidate in the Busan Buk-gu A by-election.
South Gyeongsang Gov. Park Wan-su also denied the report Tuesday, saying he had not held any discussions with the mayors of Busan and Ulsan about a statement related to an independent election.
The People Power Party has nominated the incumbent mayors and governor in the region as its candidates for the nationwide local elections set for June 3.
Earlier Tuesday, a media outlet reported that incumbent People Power Party leaders in the region were moving to issue a statement on running the June 3 local elections in an independent manner, and that it could include a call for the party not to nominate a candidate in the Busan Buk-gu A by-election.
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