Heo Eun-ah, the new leader of the Reform Party, is expressing her thoughts on being elected as the party leader at the party convention held at the National Assembly on the 19th. Photographer: Seong Dong-hoon,
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, ‘Heo Eun-ah, former senior spokesperson, has been elected as the new leader of the Reform Party.’,
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, ‘At the party convention held at the National Assembly on the 19th, Heo, the former senior spokesperson, was announced to have been elected as the party leader by defeating the candidate Lee Gi-in with 38.38% of the vote, surpassing 35.34%. Candidate Jo Dae-won received 11.48%, Jeon Seong-gyun received 9.86%, and Cheon Gang-jeong received 4.88%.’,
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, ‘This result is a combination of voting by regional evaluation teams over four rounds (25%), general public opinion polls (25%), and party member voting at the convention (50%). The online party member voter turnout from the 17th to the 19th was 70.04% (28,719 out of 41,004 people).’,
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, ‘Heo, the new leader, comes from a background as a flight attendant and an image consultant. She joined the 21st National Assembly as a proportional representation member after being recruited by the Liberty Korea Party (former name of the People Power Party) in 2020. Serving as the senior spokesperson of the People Power Party from 2021 to 2022, Heo is known as part of the inner circle of Lee Jun-seok, called the “Cheon Ayongin” group, consisting of Cheon Ha-ram, Heo Eun-ah, Kim Yong-tae, and Lee Gi-in. She left the People Power Party in January to join the Reform Party.’,
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, ‘In her acceptance speech, Heo stated, “I will definitely produce a president in 2027” and said, “I will take the right path, even if it is difficult and hard, not the easy or comfortable one.”‘,
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, ‘Along with leader Heo, Lee Gi-in, who ranked 2nd to 4th in the convention, and candidates Jo Dae-won and Jeon Seong-gyun were elected as top executives to form the leadership team.’