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the midst of a sharp confrontation between the new and old powers and the ruling and opposition parties, Rep. Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party decided to run for the party leader.

He emphasized that the responsibility for losing the election will be borne by actions and there is no judicial risk.



This news is reporter Jang Min-seong.



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Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jae-myung cast his vote for the party's representative election by saying that he would stake his political future.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Member: I know too well that it is a risky choice in terms of personal political history.

I will entrust all of my political future to the collective intelligence of the people.]



He said he was responsible for the defeat in the last presidential and local elections, but he vowed to repay that responsibility by winning the general election two years later by creating a winning Democratic Party.



Then he said he would change everything except the Democratic Party until he became a citizen.



Daejang-dong and Seongnam FC refuted the 'judicial risk' related to the police investigation, such as allegations of sponsorship.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party lawmaker: The people's power accuses them, and the prosecutors investigate it in sympathy with it, call it a 'judicial risk', and conduct a search and seizure show that investigations are conducted for 3 years and 6 months to investigate the acquittal again...

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As if conscious of factions within the party such as pro-Moon, Rep. Lee promised unified politics, saying that there would be no general election nominations and massacres against certain factions.



However, right after the press conference, Pro-Lee Nak-yeon-gye Seol-hoon declared his candidacy with the theory of Lee Jae-myung responsible.



[Rep. Seol-hoon/Democratic Party: Despite devastating defeats in the presidential and branch elections, they are only evading responsibility without reflecting or innovating.]



The party including 4 members of the 97 group and former Vice Chairman Park Ji-hyun, who is scheduled to register as a candidate tomorrow (18th) despite being denied the candidacy There are only nine representative candidates, and the Democratic Party will confirm three party representative candidates who will enter the main primary in August through a preliminary primary on the 28th.



It is expected that the points to be watched will be who will be the opponents of candidate Lee Jae-myung, who is sure to advance to the finals, and whether non-Lee Jae-myung groups will gather.



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