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A new president of the Justice Party will be elected at the end of this month as soon as possible to replace the Justice Party President Sang-jung Shim.

Four candidates stepped forward and started the campaign today (12th), and it is noted what position they will take on the establishment of relations with the Democratic Party and the suspicion of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's son.



This is Kim Yong-tae.



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total of 4 people entered the presidential election of the Justice Party.



Taking responsibility for the results of the general election, Representative Shim Sang-jeong declared an early resignation, and this time a new face of the progressive party appears.



As the former Attorney General Cho Kook and the proportional party suffered a great deal of criticism from'the issue of establishing relations with the Democratic Party', the candidates emphasized that they would overcome some of the views outside the party called'Democratic Party 2 Company'.



[Candidate Jin-kyo Bae/Former Justice Party Representative: We must fight to represent the 80% citizens pushed out by the Democratic Party.

Boldly let us go forth looking for the 80% of the population.



[Y. Candidate / Former per definition Seoul mayor candidate. Let my necessarily made the declaration of independence per definition out completely from the Democratic Party -



bold policy justified and



[KIM Jong Chul Candidate / Former per definition chief Spokesperson: Let's move forward to a bold welfare state that realizes redistribution by raising the highest income tax rate to 50% or more like Sweden.]



We pledge to a new progressive party.



[Candidate Chang-jin Park/Chairman of the Special Committee on Gapjil Eradication: The identity of the Justice Party and the direction to proceed will no longer be decided as a closed-room compromise between political factions.]



In general, I am in a strong position on allegations related to the son of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae.



Candidate Jin-kyo Bae called for a quick prosecution investigation, and Candidate Jong-min Kim urged Minister Chu to cancel the decision.



Candidate Jong-cheol Kim also pressured the Democratic Party that it would be possible to accept a special prosecutor as well.



However, Candidate Chang-jin Park is in a position that it is a matter related to the reform of the prosecution.



Voting will take place on the 23rd and the results will be released on the 27th. If there is no majority of the votes, a final ballot will be held at the beginning of next month.



(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Choi Hye-young)