Kim Bu-seon "Hesitated for Old Love Lee Jae-myung, Boldly Voted for Lee Nak-yeon"

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Actress Kim Bu-seon (center), who filed a lawsuit claiming damages after being labeled a pathological liar by Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Actress Kim Booseon, who filed a massive damages lawsuit against Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, revealed that she voted for former leader Lee Nak-yeon in this Democratic Party presidential primary.

On the 11th, Kim wrote on her Facebook, "As a complete computer illiterate, I didn't even know how to receive a KakaoTalk gift on my birthday and returned them all. It took me as long as four days to successfully register as a voter in the Democratic Party's national primary," adding, "A few days ago, I received a text message to vote, and I hesitated for a moment whether to vote for my old love Lee Jae-myung, but I boldly voted for Lee Nak-yeon."

She added, "This is a strange experience I have done for the first time in my life for the daughters of this country."

Kim also wrote another post declaring, "From today, I declare a campaign against Lee Jae-myung's election," and left the message, "Kim Booseon, the original action leader."

Earlier, Governor Lee was selected as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate on the previous day (the 10th). In the final primary held that day, Lee achieved a final cumulative vote rate of 50.29%, barely surpassing the majority, securing a direct path to the general election without a runoff.

In his acceptance speech that day, Lee said, "Today, we chose 'change,'" and expressed his ambition, "I will become a strong president who protects the lives of the people."

Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province and the Democratic Party of Korea's 20th presidential candidate, is leaving after delivering his acceptance speech at the Democratic Party of Korea's joint rally held at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 10th. / Photo by Yonhap News

However, the camp of the second-place candidate, former leader Lee Nak-yeon, raised objections to the primary results. Seol Hoon and Hong Young-pyo, co-chairs of Lee's campaign, issued a statement saying, "We will officially submit an objection to the party's election commission regarding the handling of invalid votes in accordance with the prescribed procedures."

They emphasized, "We have repeatedly pointed out that treating votes as invalid when a candidate withdraws mid-primary directly contradicts the original purpose of introducing a runoff vote."

Governor Lee achieved a final 'barely majority' of 50.29% in this primary. However, if votes for former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun and Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Doo-kwan, who withdrew mid-primary, are included, the final cumulative vote rate drops to 49.32%, falling short of the majority.

Regarding this, Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil stated on the 11th about Lee Nak-yeon's camp's objection, "The Democratic Party has officially declared Lee Jae-myung as the 20th Democratic Party presidential candidate," effectively indicating that the objection is unacceptable.

After visiting the National Daejeon National Cemetery that day and meeting with reporters, Leader Song said, "The ruling party of the Republic of Korea, the Democratic Party, operates according to the party constitution and regulations," adding, "This was not created when I was the party leader but was passed during former leader Lee Hae-chan's time in August last year when former leader Lee Nak-yeon was elected," explaining the situation.

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