Lee Jin-sook hints at independent run for Daegu mayor: "I will seek to be chosen through a citizen primary"

[Financial News] Former Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission Lee Jin-sook stated on the 3rd that, after the People Power Party (PPP) Candidate Nomination Management Committee rejected her appeal against being cut off from the nomination for Mayor of Daegu, she would "seek to win the choice of Daegu citizens through a 'citizen primary.'"
Posting on her Facebook page the same day, Lee said, "I will devote myself to leading the way in saving Daegu and saving the Republic of Korea, in line with the will of Daegu citizens."
Regarding the committee’s decision, she criticized it as "a self-destructive decision that will lead to defeat in the June 3 local elections," adding, "A party leader who does not follow the will of party members and the public is not a party leader."
She went on to say, "Jang Dong-hyeok criticized political interference by the Judiciary of South Korea, yet by fully accepting the judiciary’s ruling on Representative Joo Ho-young’s injunction request, he has effectively made Presiding Judge Kwon Sung-soo the real leader of the People Power Party."

banaffle@fnnews.com Yoon Hong-jip Reporter