Song Young-gil and Lee Jun-seok to Face Off in TV Debate... Intense Battle of Wits Expected

From 2 PM on the 21st for 75 minutes

Democratic Party of Korea leader Song Young-gil and People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok are greeting each other after a dinner meeting at a restaurant in Yeouido, Seoul on the 12th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, will face off in a TV debate. According to political circles on the 20th, the two party leaders will appear on SBS's "Joo Young-jin's News Briefing" from 2 PM on the 21st for a 75-minute debate. The topics include disaster relief payments, the next presidential election, COVID-19 quarantine responsibility, the controversy over collusion between prosecutors and media, and the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Ministry of Unification.

This is the first time that ruling and opposition party leaders, who are not candidates in public elections, will hold a TV debate, and a fierce battle of nerves is expected. The debate was arranged after the two party leaders met for a dinner meeting in Yeouido on the 12th and agreed to hold a joint TV debate. At that time, they discussed joint TV appearances, disaster relief payments, the prompt activation of the ruling-opposition council, improvement of overseas voting methods, and amendments to the mixed-member proportional representation election law.

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