Myeong-su Lee Withdraws from United Party Floor Leader Race... Ju Ho-young vs Kwon Young-se 'Two-Way Battle'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Lee Myung-soo, a member of the Future United Party and the first to announce his candidacy for the next floor leader election, representing Asan Gap, Chungnam, has withdrawn midway.

On the 6th, the candidate registration day, Lee issued a statement saying, "I am withdrawing my candidacy for floor leader."

He said, "I announced my intention to run to help the party recover from the general election defeat, expand the voter base to the metropolitan area and centrist voters, and transform into a nationwide party overcoming regionalism," but added, "Due to my personal shortcomings and failure to overcome the limitations of regionalism, I have decided to withdraw my candidacy for floor leader today."

Lee continued, "I hope the newly elected floor leader will faithfully carry out the will of the party members and lead the party anew," and added, "As a senior member of the party, I will do my best to help overcome the party's crisis, even if only in a small way."

With Lee's withdrawal following Representative Kim Tae-heum earlier that morning, the Future United Party's floor leader election will be a two-way contest between Representative Joo Ho-young and elected member Kwon Young-se.

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