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Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung visited the Democratic Party of Korea in Yeouido, Seoul early today (10th) and declared his victory, saying he did his best, but did not live up to expectations.
He expressed his gratitude to those who participated during the election and congratulated President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol.
This is reporter Kang Min-woo.
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Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung left his home in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do around 2:40 a.m., when it became difficult to close the gap with candidate Yoon Seok-yeol as the counting began in the second half.
Candidate Lee, headed for the Yeouido Democratic Party, said, "I did my best, but I did not live up to expectations."
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: Everything is because of my shortcomings.
Neither your defeat nor the Democrats' defeat.
All responsibility rests solely with me.]
He congratulated President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol and asked for unification.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: I earnestly ask that the elected president usher in an era of unity and harmony beyond division and conflict.]
The Democratic Party discussed countermeasures against the loss of the presidential election in an undisclosed supreme committee meeting.
Justice Party candidate Shim Sang-jung said that despite the poor score, he brought the climate crisis and pluralistic democracy to our social agenda, and vowed that the Justice Party would run again based on those values in the future.
[Sim Sang-jung / Justice Party Presidential Candidate: I will cherish the deep meaning of the supporters who voted for their beliefs in the midst of the camp confrontation intensified by the unfavorable election.
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