section_path: Nominations/People Power Party
section_name: People Power Party
paragraph_text: People Power Party
  
  On 3 May 2025, the People Power Party (PPP) held a primary and announced the nominee at its party convention. Following three rounds of voting, former Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Moon-soo was won the party nomination. However, the PPP's leadership forced a rescission of Kim's nomination in the early hours of 10 May, citing Kim's refusal to undergo a candidate unification process with Han Duck-soo. Han was subsequently made a member of the PPP and declared as the PPP's nominee. Kim referred to the move as a midnight " coup d'état." The sudden switch faced harsh criticism from within the party, since Han had not participated in the PPP primary, leading to accusations of free-riding. A PPP membership-wide vote on approving the switch was held on 10 May from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. KST. PPP members rejected the switch and reinstated Kim Moon-soo as the PPP's presidential candidate.