The Justice Party held a leadership election between 8 and 13 July 2019. It was an election to elect a new leader as Lee Jeong-mi fulfilled her two-year term of office.[1]
The leadership election has received media attention due to the presence of Sim Sang-jung, a presidential candidate in the 2017 South Korean presidential election and the former leader of the party, on the ballot. Yang, hailing from the party's left-wing faction, calls for a "bold, democratic socialist transformation" of the Korean society.[2] The candidates have engaged in a series of debates that were broadcast on KBS and MBC.[3]
