Democratic Party to Pick Speaker Candidate Today in Three-Way Race

The Democratic Party of Korea will hold a general meeting of lawmakers on May 13 to select its candidate for speaker of the second half of the 22nd National Assembly and the ruling-party nominee for deputy speaker. The speaker race is a three-way contest among Park Jie-won, Cho Jung-sik and Kim Tae-nyeon. A key change in this process is that votes from rights-holding party members will be reflected for the first time. The party has finalized the candidate pool through prior procedures and will decide the final nominee at the meeting. The outcome is drawing attention because it may affect parliamentary operations and the party’s floor leadership dynamics. Source: mk.co.kr