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Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung was elected as the Democratic presidential nominee.
It is the first time that a major political party has confirmed its candidates 150 days before the next presidential election.
We lost in the 3rd Super Week today (10th), but there was no problem in going straight to the finals with 50.29% and a majority of votes.
Candidate Lee emphasized that he would eradicate the corruption of civil and political forces.
First of all, this is reporter Yoo Su-hwan.
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[Lee Sang-min / Democratic Party Election Commission Chairperson: I declare that candidate Lee Jae-myung, symbol number 1, has been elected as the 20th presidential candidate of the
Democratic Party of Korea
.] The
ruling Democratic Party's choice was Jae-myung Lee.
Candidate Jae-myung Lee won the Seoul primary today with a majority of 51.5% of the vote, but only 28.3% in the 3rd National Electoral College, the last Super Week, where more than 248,000 people voted, lagging behind candidate Lee Nak-yeon with 62.4%.
However, with a cumulative voter turnout of 50.29%, Lee Nak-yeon, who ranked second with 39.14%, went straight to the presidential election without a runoff vote.
Candidate Jae-myung Lee declared in his acceptance speech that "this election is the ultimatum against the corrupt establishment."
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: We will surely root out the corruption of the political forces that are close with the construction forces.
I will not delay even for a moment.] He
also expressed his intention to break through the 'Daejang-dong development suspicion' head-on.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: As in this 'People's Power Hwacheon Daeyu Gate', if illegal activities such as providing money are found in the business process, the development profits are fully recovered even after death to completely root so that undue unearned income does not fall into the hands of a small number of vested interests. I will elect.]
Through this,
I
pledged to complete the changes and reforms demanded by the people.
Candidate Jae-myung Lee, born in 1964, was elected as the governor of Gyeonggi Province after serving as the mayor of Seongnam twice as a lawyer from a juvenile profession.
Candidate Lee is said to be highly likely to step down from the position of Gyeonggi governor within this week, before the National Assembly audit of Gyeonggi Province.
President Moon Jae-in said, "As a member of the Democratic Party, I congratulate Lee Jae-myung on the nomination of presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung.
Candidate Jae-myung Lee will take his first steps as a Democratic presidential candidate, starting with a visit to the Seoul National Cemetery tomorrow morning.
(Video coverage: Kim Seong-il, Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Yu Mira, CG: Ryu Sang-soo)