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Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and People's Power Representative Lee Jun-seok met for about two hours, but it seemed that no major progress had been made on the issue of joining the party. In the passport, a battle ensued over the so-called 'Baekje remarks' by Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung.



By Park Won-kyung, staff reporter.



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Lee Jun-seok, representative of the People's Power, held his first public meeting with the former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to resolve misunderstandings.



[Lee Jun-seok / People's Power Representative: If anyone has concerns about the tension that has been going on for a few days, that is close to a downfall.]



Recently, Chairman Lee criticized the trend of former President Yoon's approval rating as "dangerous", but he got a backlash from within the party. , and former President Yoon, who recruited former lawmakers such as Lee Hak-jae and Park Min-sik as well as Kim Jong-in's regime figures, heightened the potential for conflict.



The two-hour meeting was friendly, but at the point of joining the party, the core of the conflict, it still ran parallel.



[Yoon Seok-yeol/Former Prosecutor General: I asked you to wait a little while and watch me until I make a decision.]



Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong, a leader in the People's Power Party, declared his candidacy for president, saying he would put everything back on the Moon Jae-in government.



[Won Hee-ryong/Governor of Jeju: The cleanest person, the youngest and most innovative person must fight.]




In the Democratic Party, a brawl between the candidates intensified over the Baekje remarks by primary candidate Lee Jae-myung.



Candidate Jae-myung Lee, who visited Gwangju, countered that criticizing his 'Baekje remarks' that "in history, Baekje, that is, Honam has never united the Korean Peninsula as the main body," as 'promoting regionalism', is a distortion of the original intention of a great unification. .



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: Making up a story that doesn't exist as if you were telling a local story and attacking it like this could be a very serious violation (prohibited by the election law).]



However, Candidate Nak-yeon Lee said it was "a grave mistake", Candidate Sye-Kyun Chung continues the offensive, calling it "an unacceptable attitude."



[Jeong Sye-kyun / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: (The Democratic Party) is outside the line that never tolerated the discussion of regionalism (I think)]



On the other hand, if you listen to the whole remarks of Candidate Kim Doo-kwan, it does not mean that "the devil's Editing", he took the side of candidate Lee Jae-myung, and candidate Park Yong-jin criticized him fiercely, saying, "I am ashamed of the party primary, which is taking a step backwards due to the level of controversy in the Three Kingdoms era."



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Yeom Pil-ho KBC, video editing: Yumira)