"Proving Competence" VS "Rejecting Cliques" Lee Jae-myung and Park Yong-jin Clash in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Lee "Nationalize as a Party Where Members Are the Owners"
Park "Party Constitution and Rules Should Not Change According to Situational Logic"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The Democratic Party presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung and Park Yong-jin clashed on the 27th in Gyeonggi and Seoul, where the largest number of 440,000 party members (37% of the total) are concentrated nationwide.

On the morning of the day before the new leadership election, at the Gyeonggi joint speech held at the Suwon Sports Complex Indoor Gymnasium, the two candidates appealed for support until the last moment.

Candidate Lee said, "For the Democratic Party to take responsibility for the lives of the people, it must come to power and be competent, and it must prove that competence through achievements and results," adding, "I will clearly present the future vision of the Republic of Korea to prove competence."

He continued, "Now we must take the path to victory, and the first route is national party-building," urging, "Let us not forget comrades who are working hard on national party-building in difficult areas, and next time, we must definitely win."

Candidate Park targeted Lee again on this day. Park said, "Although the ruling party has been branded by the judiciary as an anti-democratic force, the Democratic Party is a party of democracy," and added, "Let us reject convenience that ignores procedures, hegemonism that only favors close associates in politics, and 'clique politics' disliked by the people." He emphasized, "Our party constitution and regulations must not be changed according to situational logic."

In the afternoon, at the Seoul joint speech held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi, Park said, "Let us break away from narrow politics relying on factional logic, weak politics dragged by malicious fandoms, and factional politics," and urged, "Let us move forward together on the path for the Democratic Party to be loved by the people again."

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