Rep. Kang Hoon-sik, a party leader in the Democratic Party, said, "I will stop challenging the party leader."
Rep. Kang held an emergency press conference at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 15th and resigned from his candidacy.
Rep. Kang said, "No matter which of the two remaining members becomes the party leader, I will dedicatedly help from the lowest level so that we can build a heart-pounding Democratic Party together."
"This national convention was a process to overcome shame and fear," said Kang. We were also afraid,” he said.
He added, "I wanted to recover the basics and common sense within us that had been broken up after defeat and to show the people a useful Democratic Party again." .
In response to the question of 'Do you have any intention of forming an anti-religious coalition,' Kang said, "I have said several times that I cannot lead the Democratic Party with a single anti-name alone."
He said "none" as to whether there was a discussion about unification with the party's party leader, Rep. Park Yong-jin, and said "nothing" about his mid-term resignation.
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With Rep. Kang's mid-term resignation, the Democratic Party's party competition was held in a one-on-one composition between Rep. Lee Jae-myung and Park Yong-jin.
The party representative primaries have reached a turning point by completing 12 regional primaries until yesterday.
The cumulative vote rate of members of the Rights Party to date is 73.28% of Rep. Lee Jae-myung, 19.90% of Park Yong-jin, and 6.83% of Kang Hoon-sik.
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