<Anchor> In
celebration of the 12th anniversary of the death of former President Kim Dae-jung, the presidential candidates from the ruling and opposition parties raised one voice saying that they would carry on the spirit of Kim Dae-jung. In the passport issue, the controversy surrounding Hwang Gyo-ik, who has been appointed as president of the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, is not subsiding.
This is reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.
<Reporter> The
12th anniversary of the death of the late former President Kim Dae-jung was held online for the first time in history due to the corona situation.
The presidential candidates for the passports individually visited the graves and vowed to 'inherit the DJ spirit'.
[Lee Nak-yeon/Former Democratic Party Representative: Contemporaries are not as great as he is, but they dreamed the same dream and followed the path.]
Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, who canceled his visit due to a corona diagnosis test, stopped following the life of a giant on SNS I left a message saying I would move forward without it.
In the opposition, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol visited the graveyard and showed his will to expand his support base.
[Yoon Seok-yeol/Former Prosecutor General: Because we have learned the spirit of national unity from President Kim Dae-jung… .] The
workshop surrounding Hwang Gyo-ik, who was appointed as president of Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, shook his passport today.
Hwang protested against Lee Nak-yeon's criticism of the camp by using harsh expressions, such as writing on SNS, saying, "I will only focus on ending Candidate Lee Nak-yeon's political life."
Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil issued a public warning.
[Song Young-gil / Democratic Party Representative: Hwang Kyo-ik's remarks crossed the line and I think they
were exaggerated
.] As the
controversy over 'reimbursement' intensified, the Lee Jae-myung camp said, "If the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly opposes it, we will accept it." Following the conclusion of the personnel hearing, the possibility of revocation of the appointment remains open.
In the midst of this, as the son of candidate Kim Doo-kwan was diagnosed with Corona19, candidate Kim was advised to self-isolate until the 1st of next month, and the Democratic presidential candidates who attended yesterday's TV debate with Kim also canceled schedules one after another.
The Democratic Party has decided to postpone the 5th debate for the primary candidates scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Kim Seung-tae, Park Jeong-sam)