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Lee Jae-myung, permanent adviser of the Democratic Party, will face off against People’s Strength regional party association chairman Yoon Hyeong-seon in the Incheon Gyeyang by-election.
Two presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Ahn Cheol-soo, have expressed their views on the establishment of a new government.
This is reporter Nam Hyo-jung.
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Democratic Party adviser Jae-myung Lee toured Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, where he declared his candidacy for the National Assembly by-election, and focused on establishing local roots.
“hello.”
I bought hotteok from a roadside food truck and talked with the locals.
[이재명/더불어민주당 상임고문]
“How much is one hotteok?”
(Thousands of dollars.)
During the presidential election, Lee, who had been in fierce competition with President Yoon Seok-yeol, urged unification and said that we should compete well.
[이재명/더불어민주당 상임고문]
“I hope it becomes a ‘competition to do well’ in which we compete to see who will make a better life for the people, rather than attack and conflict with each other.”
It seems to be a strategy to differentiate itself from the new government by putting forward the worker theory.
People’s Power has confirmed Yoon Hyung-seon, a former doctor who has been active in the region, as a candidate to confront adviser Lee Jae-myung.
[윤상현/국민의힘 공천관리위원장]
“Based on the strategic judgment that ‘it would be good for this fight’, it would be much better to select a candidate that is closely related to the local area under our internal strategic review…”
Ahn Cheol-soo, chairman of the People’s Power Transition Committee, emphasized that many of his roles, such as the decision to unify candidates, are incorporated in the inauguration of the new government.
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“I threw myself into my own way to lead the victory in the Seoul mayor election, and then, through the unification of candidates, I even achieved a change of government…”
Chairman Ahn, who was confirmed as a candidate for the People’s Power Seongnam Bundangap by-election, entered into a full-fledged contest for votes with Democratic Party candidate Kim Byung-gwan.
This is Hyo-Jeong Nam from MBC News.
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