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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol is continuing his nationwide tour, starting with Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 11th.

However, as the People's Power candidates running for the upcoming local elections accompanied them, a controversy arose about meddling in the election. 



Correspondent Hwa Gang-yun reported. 



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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol visits a market in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. 



Kim Young-hwan, a preliminary candidate for the People's Power of the People's Republic of Korea Chungbuk Governor, follows closely next to President-elect Yoon, who greets each other with fists. 



Yesterday (28th) in Cheonan, I met the local residents with Kim Tae-heum, a preliminary candidate for the Chungnam governor, and 



[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect: There is no such thing as being the president alone in a free democratic country.

I hope that you will continue to help me.]  On my



visit to Incheon on the 26th, I was with Yoo Jeong-bok, a preliminary candidate for Incheon Mayor. 



The Democratic Party criticized it as an obvious election intervention and a de facto support campaign. 



[Shin Hyun-young / Democratic Party Spokesperson: Do you think you are free from the election neutrality duty strictly required by the president?

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They said that the power of the people is only a way to express gratitude to the voters, and counterattacked by citing the case of President Moon Jae-in's visit to the region. 



[Heo Eun-ah / Senior Spokesperson for People's Power: Is the Democratic Party president's visit to the local area an act for the people's livelihood, and the local visit by President-elect Yoon to an election campaign?] 



President Moon previously visited Busan ahead of the Busan mayoral by-election last year and promised active support for Gadeokdo new airport. 



There is also controversy surrounding the identity of the president and the elected president. 



The National Election Commission said, "Under the Public Official Election Act, public officials, including the president, are obligated to be politically neutral in elections, but there are no rules for the elected person." 



In this regard, the Democratic Party proposed a bill to amend the law including the elected president last month, saying that the president-elect exercised his position and authority according to the Transition Act and received various types of treatment, so his duty to be politically neutral is also natural. 



(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Yumira)