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Democratic Party, which lost both in Seoul and Busan, was in great shock.
It has not been able to overcome the bad real estate triggered by the LH crisis in the end, but it is expected that a post-storm over the responsibility of losing the election and reorganization of the party will be severe.
This is Han Se-hyun.
<Reporter> The
Democratic Party's leadership arrived at the party counting control room just before the three terrestrial broadcasters announced the exit investigation last night (7th).
In front of the prediction of the exit investigation that it would fall into a large gap, a desperate expression was seen, and most of the seats left before the counting of the ballots began in earnest.
Except for Lee Nak-yeon, Chairman of the Standing Election Countermeasure Committee, who was unable to find us due to self-quarantine due to his wife's close contact with a corona19 confirmed person, the party leadership held an emergency countermeasure meeting last night to discuss the party's remedial measures.
Immediately after the meeting, Tae-nyeon Kim, acting representative of the party, bowed his head, saying, "I will reflect and innovate according to the will of the people."
[Kim Tae-nyeon/Democratic Party Representative's Acting Representative: How to humbly accept (election results), and how to improve and fill in the shortcomings...
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Concerning the takeover of the party leadership, which is responsible for the defeat of the election, he announced that he would hold a general assembly of parliaments this morning to discuss, but it is said that the possibility of the current leadership resigning cannot be ruled out.
As for the Democratic Party's election, the'LH Incident' is the first choice.
Although the government declared severe punishment for speculation by public officials and the party leadership even apologized to the public,
[Lee Nak-yeon/Democratic Party Standing Election Countermeasure Committee Chair (last month 8th): First of all, I am very, very sorry.
The most powerful punishment...
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Angered public sentiment has not turned away.
The defeat in this election, also called the mini presidential election, is expected to have a significant impact on the topography of the Democratic Party.
Chairman Lee Nak-yeon, the chairman of the Standing Election Countermeasures Committee, who has led the election right now, seems inevitable.
Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong was incumbent on the election, so he kept a certain distance from the election, but it is analyzed that he is also in the sphere of influence of a devastating defeat.