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Before the elections, candidate debates are frequently held these days. The debate held by the Central Election Commission is divided into major political party debates and military party debates. But among the parties with one or two seats, only the Democratic Party of the United States attended the main political party debate this week.

Reporter Lee Kyung-won will tell you why.

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The debate meeting of major political party representatives held ahead of the general election, five parties were invited and held twice until today (9th).

If you are not invited here, you can attend small party debates.

It was held yesterday (7th), but there were 29 political parties to attend.

According to the Public Official Election Act, the number of seats for priority discussions is 5 or more.

There are more than five seats in the Socialist Party and the Future Korean Party, as well as the Citizens' Party and the Justice Party.

However, the Open Democratic Party was invited with one seat, and the Republican Party with two seats, the Pro-Park Party with one seat, and the Party of the People were not invited.

According to the election law, if the number of seats is less than 5, the polls published from 30 days before the commencement of the election period to the day before the commencement date will be eligible for invitation if the average approval rate is 5% or higher.

Calculated by the National Election Commission, the Democratic Party held 6.8%.

On the other hand, parties with 1 seat of seat, including the Republican Republic of 2 seats, failed to meet the criteria for approval, and went to small party discussions.

In the discussion on the 6th, it was okay to say that the future South Korean party leader Kim Jong-suk, who is not a proportional representative candidate, came to the debate.

Election law stipulates that not only candidates but also those who are eligible for the campaign can participate in the proportional debate debate.

(Video Editing: Seon-Tak Kim, CG: Haneul Choi)