Presidential Candidates Delivered a Total of 84 Broadcast Speeches... Lee 34 Times, Yoon 22 Times, Ahn and Shim Did Not Participate

Candidate Heo Kyung-young and Candidate Lee Kyung-hee Apply 6 and 22 Times Respectively

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The National Election Commission announced on the 19th that four candidates will deliver a total of 84 broadcast speeches in this presidential election. This is 25 fewer than the 109 speeches during the 19th presidential election in 2017.

Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, applied for 34 speeches (including 22 by designated speakers), Yoon Seok-youl, the candidate of the People Power Party, applied for 22 speeches (including 11 by designated speakers), Heo Kyung-young of the National Revolutionary Party applied for 6 speeches, and Lee Kyung-hee of the Unified Korea Party applied for 22 speeches.

Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party and Shim Sang-jung of the Justice Party did not submit applications for broadcast speeches.

According to Article 71 of the Public Official Election Act, presidential broadcast speeches allow each candidate and their designated speakers to speak up to 20 minutes per session, with 11 sessions each on TV and radio.

The Election Commission also announced that the ballots for this presidential election will be printed starting from the 28th.

Accordingly, even if a candidate withdraws, dies, or is disqualified after the 28th, the ballot cannot indicate "withdrawn, etc." However, early voting ballots printed by the issuing machine can indicate this until March 3.

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