Park Ji-hyun "Worse Results Than Expected... Democratic Party Should Have Shown Renewal After the Presidential Election"

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Lee Jae-myung, the General Election Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, is talking with Park Ji-hyun, the Co-Chair of the Joint Election Committee, at the comprehensive situation room set up in the National Assembly on the 1st. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporters Chae-eun Koo, Jun-yi Park] Park Ji-hyun, Co-Chair of the Emergency Response Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, said about the exit poll results of the June 1 local elections, "I think the results were worse than expected."

In an interview with KBS on the evening of the 1st, Chair Park said, "I think the Democratic Party has been judged for the second time following the presidential election. It is regrettable because I feel that the public trusts the Democratic Party less than I had thought."

When asked, "What do you think is the reason for these results?" she replied, "It is unfortunate that the Democratic Party did not show signs of reform after the presidential election. Rather than focusing on checking the Yoon Seok-yeol government, which has been in office for less than a month, I strongly feel that we should have shown a new image of reform."

At the Democratic Party's vote counting situation room set up in the large conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, where she watched the announcement of the exit poll results, Chair Park even shed tears during the announcement. She said, "I am trying not to give up hope that the results can be overturned."

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