Presidential Candidates of the Opposition United in Claiming "Lee Jae-myung Is the Mastermind" in Daejang-dong Scandal

All Agree on the Necessity of Expelling Gwak Sang-do

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The presidential candidates of the People Power Party unanimously emphasized that Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, a ruling party candidate, is at the center of the 'Daejang-dong Development Project Suspicion.' All of them strongly expressed their support for the expulsion of Assemblyman Kwak Sang-do, who is involved in the suspicion.

The People Power Party presidential primary candidates participated in the '5th Primary Candidates Broadcast Debate' held at the Maeil Business Newspaper Media Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 1st, engaging in a heated debate. In particular, questions related to the Daejang-dong suspicion accounted for a large portion of the debate that day.

In response to former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung's question, "What do you think about Governor Lee's counterattack by bringing up Assemblyman Kwak's children issue?" People Power Party Assemblyman Hong Joon-pyo said, "The mastermind behind the Daejang-dong corruption is Governor Lee. He designed everything there and did it all," adding, "Governor Lee is the one who handed over thousands of billions from a small company."

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl also emphasized, "The mastermind is obviously Governor Lee, and he could not have done it alone." Then, in response to former Chairman Choi's question, "Is the prosecution properly investigating the Daejang-dong suspicion now?" he replied, "If I were in charge of the case, I would not conduct the investigation to this extent but would deploy more investigators and simultaneously conduct surprise raids in many places while tracking the funds."

Former Assemblyman Yoo Seung-min also said, in response to People Power Party Assemblyman Ha Tae-kyung's question, "How do you think Governor Lee feels?" "He looks very anxious," adding, "If his responsibility is revealed, even if Governor Lee becomes the Democratic Party presidential candidate, a situation will arise where he must resign later."

Regarding the question, "Do you think Assemblyman Kwak's expulsion is necessary?" seven out of eight candidates marked 'O.' Assemblyman Hong also agreed with Assemblyman Kwak's expulsion but said it would be difficult to realize due to procedural issues. In response to Assemblyman Ha's question, "Shouldn't Assemblyman Kwak's expulsion become the party's official stance?" he said, "Since the YS administration, there has been no case of expulsion in our country's constitutional history. Some people maintain their assembly seats even after being arrested for crimes," adding, "Rather than burdening the party with expulsion, I hope Assemblyman Kwak voluntarily resigns."

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