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Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung promised to increase the new GTX route and continued the schedule in Gyeonggi-do for the second day. Candidate Lee repeatedly apologized for swearing at his family and the lack of the Democratic Party, and seven lawmakers closest to Lee announced that they would renounce their appointments, saying they would pursue political innovation.



Reporter Kang Min-woo reports.



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Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung standing on the podium with lawmakers belonging to the Democratic Party.



After two months, he bowed again to the people.



He apologized for the lack of a lot in the past, and promised to repay him with new politics.



When I visited Seongnam City, the political base, I blushed and asked for understanding over the controversy over family abuse.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: I was wrong. Now, stop worrying about the painful wounds of our family over this issue. now… .]



Candidate Lee has visited 6 cities in Gyeonggi-do today, following 7 locations yesterday (23rd), doing all he can to capture the hearts of the people in the metropolitan area.



Former CEO Nak-yeon Lee, who competed in the contest, applied for the first joint speech.



Candidate Lee pledged to link the entire metropolitan area with a 30-minute living area by easing the regulations on the reconstruction of the first new city and creating an additional GTX line, a metropolitan express railway.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: The fact that the suffering of many residents cannot be left unattended, so that we have made so many promises to invest in transportation infrastructure in Gyeonggi Province.



] It was also pointed out within the party that it would be difficult to pass the preliminary feasibility study due to this low level.



Incumbent lawmakers belonging to the 'Seven Members' group, a group close to Lee, declared that they would not hold the appointed position even if Lee was elected president.



Candidate Lee said that there would be no election victory without political innovation, and that the declaration of the renunciation of vested interests by the 7-member assembly would be a signal for the reform of the Democratic Party.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, Kim Nam-seong, video editing: Ha Seong-won)



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