Ahead of the general election of the National Assembly in April next year, the ruling party, who served as a member of the Korean national soccer team, It is reported that they are considering recruiting former sports athletes such as Park Ji-sung (left photo) and Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Jang Mi-ran (right). It is observed that the People Power Party is drawing up an election strategy to recapture the so-called 'Southern Gyeonggi Belt' that connects Suwon and Osan by forward deploying these sports stars, along with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Bang-gyu Bang and Professor of Criminal Psychology at Gyeonggi University Lee Soo-jeong to Suwon. do.
According to the political circles on the 11th, the People Power Party is said to be considering at the idea level a plan to nominate Park Ji-sung, technical director of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, to Suwon.
Director Park was born in Seoul, but spent his childhood in Suwon. Director Park started playing soccer in the fourth grade at Suwon Sannam Elementary School and has a history of growing into the national soccer team through Suwon Seryu Elementary School, Hwaseong Anyong Middle School, and Suwon Technical High School.
It is so symbolic that 'Park Ji-sung Intersection' and 'Park Ji-sung Park' are built in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon to commemorate Director Park, who played in three World Cups starting with the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup and was called 'Eternal Captain'.
There is a possibility that Jang Mi-ran, the second 오밤 vice minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, may run for office in Osan, where Ahn Min-seok, a fifth-term Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker, is in the constituency. Previously, Vice Minister Jang drew the line on rumors of running for the general election, saying, 'I will do my best to do my job', but some in the ruling party are raising rumors about Vice Minister Jang running for election every day.
In addition, Minister Bang, who graduated from Suwon Suseong High School, has received recommendations from ruling parties such as the People Power Party to run for the general election, and there are speculations that he will run in the Suwon area in next year's general election. Professor Lee, a person responsible for recruiting talent from the People Power Party, is hinting at running for Suwonjeong, where the Suwon campus of Kyonggi University is located, where he has worked for over 20 years. Kim Eun-hye, former senior secretary for public relations in the President's Office, is also running for Suwon, and the ruling party is also suggesting a plan to tie the southern Gyeonggi region into a 'women's belt'.
The ruling party believes that only by capturing Suwon, the central city of politics and economy in the metropolitan area, get more info in next year's general election will it be possible to bring about the trend of elections in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province, which is classified as a 'difficult area' for the People Power Party, and even in the metropolitan area. In particular, the need and demand to target Suwon is higher than ever as the People Power Party lost all five constituencies to the Democratic Party in the 20th and 21st general elections. A People Power Party lawmaker from the metropolitan area said, “Unlike Seoul, which has Seocho and Gangnam, which are ‘sunny areas’ for the ruling party, Gyeonggi-do has not yet seen any areas that could become the focal point of election victory.”