Democratic Party of Japan elects new parliamentary representative on 26th...Candidate registration by 24th = South Korea

Both parties, the Democratic Party (opposition), decided to elect a new floor representative on the 26th, before the start of the Chuseok holiday (mid-autumn celebration, the Korean Obon holiday). Minimize gaps in leadership within the party and avoid confusion within the party.
This is interpreted as an attempt to bring the situation under control quickly. On the 22nd, the Democratic Party formed an election management committee to select floor representatives, chaired by Rep. Byeong Jae-il, who is in his fifth term.
The date has been confirmed. Election Commission member Han Jun-ho told reporters after the first election commission meeting held at the National Assembly that day, ``The election date and time is Tuesday the 26th at 2:00 pm.
We have issued a public notice and will be accepting candidate registrations from today until Sunday (24th).'' He continued, ``Candidates were able to campaign for about a day on Monday the 25th, and immediately after announcing their political views on the 26th.
Elections will be held. There will also be a run-off election, and if one candidate emerges, the winner will be decided without voting." Regarding the consensus argument that has emerged in some quarters, he said, ``This is a by-election.
Since the election period is so short, we have no choice but to take everything into account. "Nominations and primaries cannot be finalized yet, and candidates must be registered."
Prior to this, the House leadership, including House Representative Park Kwang-eong, announced on the previous night that they would take responsibility for passing the consent bill for the arrest of Representative Lee Jae-Myung.
He abruptly resigned. In response, the Supreme Committee held a late-night meeting and immediately referred the issue of the establishment and composition of the House Representative Election Management Committee to the Party Affairs Committee, and the Party Affairs Committee held a meeting that afternoon.
It was decided that At the Supreme Committee meeting held at the National Assembly this morning, Supreme Councilor Chung Chung-rae said, ``The successor floor representative will be selected at the earliest possible time, preferably before the mid-autumn celebration holidays.''
” he revealed. As of now, there are no new candidates for in-house representatives. In some quarters, Hong Ik-pyo, Park Beom-gye, and Ki-san, who ran in the parliamentary election in April this year,
There has been mention of the possibility that Rep. Moo Doo-gwang will run again. This election will be held to pass the arrest consent bill due to the occurrence of rebellious votes within the party, so pro-Lee Jae-Myung allies will endorse a specific person.
There are also observations that this may be the case.