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Ahead of the People's Power National Convention, influential party runners are meeting Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon one after another.

It is read as a competition to capture the vote, emphasizing the importance of the metropolitan area, which is considered the biggest battleground in the next general election.



This is reporter Kim Hak-hwi.



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Na Kyung-won, a former member of Congress, not only did not declare his candidacy, but started to walk around the tombs of former presidents Rhee Seung-man, Park Jeong-hee, and Kim Young-sam as the party's representative.



Today (16th) evening, I met Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon.



[Na Gyeong-won/Former Congressman: In a way, I think that in the metropolitan area, we will be able to share words related to the victory of the general election next year or something like this.] It



is a meeting in Seoul Dongjak as the chairman of the party committee, but it is interpreted as a political move ahead of running for the party convention.



Last night, Rep. Kim Ki-hyun had a makgeolli meeting with Mayor Oh,



[Kim Ki-hyun/Rep. People's Power: I have to give it first.

To the original voters first.]



Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo will also meet with Mayor Oh tomorrow morning at the Seoul Mayor's office.



It is analyzed that Mayor Oh is the head of the metropolitan area, which is considered the biggest match for next year's general election, and one of the next presidential runners, making it an attractive card for party runners.



Mayor Oh maintained a neutral attitude without expressing support for a specific candidate, and was wary of an overheated atmosphere in the party ahead of the party convention.



[Oh Se-hoon/Mayor of Seoul: Whoever you are, I hope you lead the party in a more harmonious way to reassure the people, and stably support state affairs...

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The percentage of people in charge of the metropolitan area is about 37%, slightly less than 40% in the Yeongnam region.



In the competitive structure within the margin of error, it seems that each party runner is trying to catch the party even a little more through a meeting with Mayor Se-Hoon Oh.



(Video coverage: Lee Chan-soo, Video editing: Park Ji-in)