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Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung visited Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam for two days and one night.
He appealed for support by pouring out regional promises such as building a mega city and expanding the transportation network, and expressed his will to break through various controversies head-on.
Correspondent Koh Ji-hyun.
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Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung returned to Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam after about a month.
He poured out customized promises to make the area around Boolean into a one-hour life zone by constructing a mega city and expanding the transportation network.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: We will make Boo-ul-gyeong a representative mega-city that surpasses the metropolitan area and has competitiveness at least equal to that of the metropolitan area.]
Ulsan is a carbon-neutral response base, Gyeongnam is a core base for the aerospace industry, It has pledged to develop it into a hydrogen economy-leading region.
Candidate Lee, who gave an impromptu speech at Haeundae, Busan, first apologized for the Democratic Party's irresponsibility in relation to the sexual harassment case of former Mayor Oh Keo-don.
He then emphasized the need for a political change to overcome the huge two-party system, and said, "We must not choose between the policies of Park Chung-hee and Kim Dae-jung."
As if conscious of the recent stagnant approval ratings and the controversy over private errands for spouse Kim Hye-kyung, he emphasized his will to overcome the crisis.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: The current level of remnants is nothing.
We have overcome rougher waves, have crossed bigger rivers, and have crossed bigger mountains, but you can't go over one mountain like this, folks.]
He also appealed for a chance to run the country, saying, like former President Roh Moo-hyun, that he became a presidential candidate only with his skills. I did.
(Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)