The winner will be announced immediately after voting closes at 6pm on the 8th.
Candidates Kim Taek-woo and Joo Su-ho both take a strong stance on the policy of increasing the number of medical schools.
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Go Beom-jun = Candidate Kim Taek-woo (right), who took first place, and candidate Joo Su-ho, who took second place, shake hands with each other during the vote count for the election to elect the 43rd President of the Korean Medical Association held at the Korean Medical Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 4th. is doing Candidate Kim Taek-woo received 27.66% (8,103 votes), and candidate Joo Su-ho received 26.17% (7,666 votes). 2025.01.04. (email protected)
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Song Jong-ho = The next president of the Korean Medical Association, who must resolve the prolonged legislative conflict and lead normalization, will be decided on the 8th.
According to the National Election Commission of the Medical Association, the runoff election to elect the President of the Medical Association, which started the previous day, will be held through electronic voting until 6 p.m. on this day.
Among candidates Kim Taek-woo and Joo Su-ho who entered the finals, the candidate who receives the most votes will be elected. The announcement of the winner will be made at 7 p.m. on this day.
Previously, in the Korean Medical Association Presidential election held from the 2nd to the 4th, candidates Kim Taek-woo and Joo Su-ho received 8,103 and 7,666 votes, respectively, out of a total of 29,295 votes, so no one received a majority of votes. Candidates Kim Taek-woo and Joo Su-ho, who took first and second place in the first round of voting, will hold a runoff election.
In the runoff election, interest is focused on voter turnout. In this first round of voting, 29,295 out of 51,895 voters voted, which was the highest in any by-election in history. However, compared to the previous 42nd Korean Medical Association President election, it decreased by 10% points.
If voter turnout is low, the winner is expected to be determined depending on which candidate receives the votes that supported the 3rd to 5th place candidates in the first round of voting. This is because, like in the first round of voting, the winner may be decided by a narrow margin.
The medical community predicted that regardless of which of the candidates Kim Taek-woo and Joo Su-ho made it to the finals, the government would maintain a strong stance.
After announcing the results of the first round of voting, Candidate Kim Taek-woo said, “I earnestly ask that the government temporarily suspend the second implementation plan for medical reform that is currently being promoted. Since the president is currently out of office, it is right to temporarily suspend all policies that the president has promoted.” “He said.
Candidate Soo-ho Joo said, “After consulting with medical school deans to figure out how many people will be taking classes in the 2025 school year, we will divide it into 2025 and 2026 so that they can take classes normally.” He added, “Recruitment for medical schools in 2026 should be stopped, and the number of medical school seats increased in 2025.” “The number of 1,500 people must be reduced over three years from 2027 to 2029,” he said.
Candidates who are confirmed elected on this day will take office immediately. The new chairman will serve as chairman until April 30, 2027, the remainder of the term of former chairman Lim Hyun-taek, who was impeached due to controversy over abusive language.
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