Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Seok-yeol Agree on TV Broadcast Debate Before Lunar New Year Holiday (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporters Naju-seok and Jeon Jin-young] The Democratic Party and the People Power Party have agreed to hold a TV debate between the presidential candidates before the Lunar New Year.

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On the 13th, Park Ju-min of the Democratic Party and Seong Il-jong of the People Power Party, representatives of the ruling and opposition parties' broadcast debate negotiation teams, negotiated at the National Assembly and agreed to "start the TV debate before the Lunar New Year holiday."

The two sides, meeting on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl, agreed on the format as "requesting terrestrial broadcasters to host a joint terrestrial invitation debate."

The debate topic will be "overall state affairs." Both sides also stated that they will "continue negotiations" regarding additional debates.

The exact schedule is expected to be aligned with the broadcasters' programming schedules.

Kwon Hyuk-ki, Deputy Spokesperson of the Democratic Party, said, "The reason for proposing the joint debate before the Lunar New Year is because of the Beijing Olympics," adding, "(In the case of terrestrial broadcasters) there is a practical condition of having to cover the Olympics, so the schedule was considered." He predicted, "Non-terrestrial broadcasters are expected to have less impact from the Beijing Olympics schedule, so discussions for non-terrestrial broadcasters can take place after the Lunar New Year."

The Democratic Party also expressed willingness to participate in multi-party debates. Deputy Spokesperson Kwon said, "The Democratic Party can also participate in multi-party debates." Since the two parties have agreed for now, multi-party debates could be possible if there are consultations with the People’s Party and the Justice Party.

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