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Can she make it?
박근혜, 첫 여성 대선 후보로 지명돼
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Rep. Park Geun-hye, 60, daughter of the late President Park Chung-hee, won the ruling Sanuri Party's nomination to compete in the Dec. 19 presidential election Monday.

Rep. Park Geun-hye holds a bouquet of flowers aloft after being elected the presidential candidate for the ruling Saenuri Party at a party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. / Yonhap
Park Geun-hye becomes 1st woman presidential candidate of ruling party

By Lee Tae-hoon

Rep. Park Geun-hye, 60, daughter of the late President Park Chung-hee, won the ruling Sanuri Party's nomination to compete in the Dec. 19 presidential election Monday.

As predicted, the five-term lawmaker scored a landslide victory in the party primary by garnering 84 percent of support. The result was based on the results of an opinion poll and votes cast Sunday by its party members and ordinary citizens across the country.

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo came second with 8.7 percent, followed by Rep. Kim Tae-ho with 3.2 percent.

Yim Tae-hee, former chief of staff to President Lee Myung-bak, managed to collect 2.6 percent of the vote, while former Incheon Mayor Ahn Sang-soo placed last with 1.6 percent.

Park’s win marks the first time for a political party to give a woman the ticket to run for president.

In her acceptance speech, the presidential contender said she will launch an independent investigation body aimed at preventing corruption involving politicians and ranking officials.

“I will be stricter on myself and people close to me,” she said.

“I will introduce a special inspection system to prevent corruption committed by those in power and their relatives.”

Park said that she would also consider launching a permanent investigation body at the prosecution that exclusively deals with politicians and their corrupt activities.

She also pledged to seek balanced national growth and tackle the growing polarization between the haves and have-nots as part of her efforts to realize “economic democratization.”

“Conglomerates should grow along with small- and medium-sized companies,” she said.

“I will create a society where there is no discrimination between regular workers and non-regular workers, and those who are economically vulnerable will also get a fair chance,”

Observers say her victory over the four rivals from the ruling conservative party clears one hurdle on her path to the upcoming presidential election.

They point out that she will faces greater challenges ahead as she tries to widen her appeal among a public divided about the 18-year authoritarian rule of her late father Park Chung-hee.

Park Geun-hye has drawn criticism from liberal parties and civic groups for her inconsistent remarks and positive assessment of her father’s military coup in 1961.

The main opposition Democratic United Party said that it would launch a task force to evaluate whether the Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate is fit to govern the country.

The DUP claims Park has inherited her father’s dictatorial traits and should take responsibility for the chaos created by the Lee administration.

She served as the acting first lady for five years until her father was gunned down by his intelligence chief in 1979.

Her re-entry into political life came much later, in 1998, when she won a legislative seat in her hometown of Daegu as a member of the Grand National Party, which she renamed the Saenuri Party early this year.

She previously ran for president in 2007 against incumbent President Lee and lost in the party primary.

박근혜, 첫 여성 대선 후보로 지명돼
박근혜 전 비상대책위원장이 12월19일 18대 대통령선거에 나설 새누리당 후보로 선출됐다. 새누리당은 20일 오후 경기도 일산 킨텍스에서 전당대회를 열고 선거인단 투표(80%)와 일반국민 여론조사(20%)에서 압도적 1위를 한 박 전 위원장을 대선 후보로 공식 지명했다. 박 후보는 전체 유효투표의 84%인 8만6천589표를 얻었다. 이는 국민참여 선거인단 득표수와 여론조사 지지율을 환산한 득표수를 합산한 수치다. 박 후보의 득표율은 새누리당 전신인 한나라당을 포함해 역대 대선 경선 역사상 최고 기록이다. 기존의 최다 득표율 기록은 지난 2002년 당시 이회창 후보가 얻은 68%다. 박 후보는 당선 직후 수락연설을 통해 "국민대통합의 시대를 열어가겠다"면서 "이념과 계층, 지역과 세대를 넘어, 산업화와 민주화를 넘어 모두가 함께 가는 국민 대통합의 길을 가겠다"고 밝혔다. 박 후보에 이어 김문수 경기지사가 8.7%인 8천955표를 얻어 2위를 차지했으며 김태호 의원(3.2%ㆍ3천298표), 임태희 전 대통령실장(2.6%ㆍ2천676표), 안상수 전 인천시장(1.6%ㆍ1천600표)이 그 뒤를 이었다. 비박(非朴ㆍ비박근혜) 4인을 큰 표차로 물리친 박 후보는 대권 재수 만에 본선에 진출하는 것이자 우리나라 정당 역사상 유력 정당의 첫 여성 후보가 됐다. 대선구도 역시 기존의 단순한 여야 대결을 넘어 처음으로 `여성 대 남성'의 성(性) 대결 구도를 띠게 됐다. 우리나라로서는 전직 대통령의 자녀가 대선 후보가 되는 첫 사례이기도 하다. 박 후보는 앞으로 야권 주자와 대권을 놓고 명운을 건 한 판 승부를 벌이게 됐다. 민주통합당은 현재 문재인 손학규 김두관 정세균 박준영 후보 5인이 대권후보 경쟁을 벌이고 있다. 민주당은 오는 25일 제주를 시작으로 내달 16일까지 13개 권역을 도는 순회경선을 실시해 후보를 확정할 계획이지만 50% 이상 득표하는 후보가 나오지 않을 경우 내달 18일부터 23일까지 1ㆍ2위 후보간 결선투표를 진행할 예정이다. 범야권의 가장 강력한 주자인 안철수 서울대 융학과학기술대학원장은 현재 출마를 위한 몸풀기를 하고 있는 상태다. 민주당 후보와 안 원장이 각자 제 갈을 가느냐 아니면 단일화하느냐, 단일화할 경우 야권 단일후보가 누가 되느냐에 따라 대선판은 요동칠 것으로 예상된다.
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