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Standing adviser Lee Jae-myung, who lost by 0.73 percentage points in the last presidential election, quickly returned to the political front again after two months.

It is interpreted as meaning that he will fight head-to-head from the beginning of his term as President Yoon Seok-yeol. 



Next is reporter Kim Ki-tae.



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It took 2 years and 7 months for former President Kim Dae-jung, who announced his retirement from politics after losing the 1992 presidential election, to return.



President Moon Jae-in also had a hiatus of over two years after his defeat in the 18th presidential election.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Standing Advisor (March 10): Neither your defeat nor the Democratic Party's defeat.

All responsibility rests solely with me.]



Lee Jae-myung, senior advisor, who left with these words, returned to the center of politics after two months.



Even though it is a time when expectations for the new government should be highest, the struggle between the ruling and opposition parties is intensifying due to the verification of the candidates for the first term and the controversy over the withdrawal of their promises.



So, the reason for his comeback is that this adviser, who had played a close match by 0.73 percentage points in the presidential election, received the party's request to lead the struggle for renting out the metropolitan local elections as a link.



A key official from Lee's side said, "Lee Jae-myung himself declared that he would fight against Yoon Seok-yeol."



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Standing Advisor (January 22): I think I will go to jail for making a crime that is groundless.

Everyone!]



There is also criticism that running for Incheon without ties is a 'bulletproof' run aimed at the privilege of not arresting lawmakers ahead of investigations into allegations such as Daejang-dong and Seongnam FC.



Nevertheless, even with the party running for president in mind in August, it is said that the aides persuaded this adviser with a realistic theory that "even if the situation is violent, members of the party will actively defend themselves only if they are representative of the party in the house."



Analysis shows that the intention to change the party to 'Lee Jae-myung's Democratic Party' by looking at five years from now is also laid out in a situation in which the power within the party is still weak compared to the pro-moon and pro-Nak ties.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, video editing: Kim Jin-won)