Hong Jun-pyo Primary Campaign Official Declares Support for Candidate Lee Jae-myung

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Some individuals who had supported Hong Jun-pyo, a candidate in the People Power Party presidential primary, declared their support for Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, on the 1st.

On this day, some former members of the Hong Jun-pyo camp stated at the party headquarters in the afternoon, "The logic of conservative and progressive camps is meaningless," and added, "We choose and support candidate Lee, who resembles Park Chung-hee's drive and Hong Jun-pyo's resolute words and actions."

Pyo Cheol-soo, who served as a media and broadcasting special advisor in the Hong Jun-pyo camp and was a former vice chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, joined Lee’s campaign as the head of the Media Innovation Special Advisory Group.

The Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters organization division said, "With the participation of personnel and supporter members from Hong’s side in the ranks supporting candidate Lee, we expect to broaden the consensus on the national unity plan that candidate Lee and the Democratic Party are planning."

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