Kim: "Stable Party-Government Relations" Song: "Differences in Capability" Jeong: "Has a Knack for Belittling Others"
Full-scale Competition for Honam Support at Ruling Party Leadership Debate
Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidates are taking a commemorative photo at the TV debate held at KBC in Seo-gu, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the afternoon of the 10th. From the left, Song Young-gil, Chung Cheong-rae, and Kim Min-seok. Photo by Yonhap News Agency
View original imageThe candidates for the Democratic Party of Korea leader in the August 17 convention continued their debate over the Honam region semiconductor cluster.
At the Democratic Party leader candidate debate held at KBC on August 10, candidate Chung Cheong-rae said, "Candidate Kim Min-seok stated, 'If Chung Cheong-rae becomes the party leader, there will be setbacks in the mega project.' Do you, candidate Song Young-gil, feel the same way?"
Candidate Song responded, "It is not appropriate to say that setbacks would occur simply because a specific candidate becomes the party leader. However, there may be differences in ability. I have more experience and international diplomatic capabilities, so I can move ahead more quickly."
Candidate Kim Min-seok refuted, saying, "I believe candidate Chung Cheong-rae misunderstood me." He added, "Based on my experience in this election, if party-government relations are poor, the election results suffer, the stock market is shaken, and overall policies are destabilized. Since there are many cases where fierce opposition attacks shake large-scale national projects, a party leader who can ensure stable party-government relations overall would be ideal."
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When candidate Kim Min-seok asked Chung Cheong-rae whether he had any experience handling economic policy, Chung retorted, "Candidate Kim Min-seok seems to have a knack for belittling people." Regarding the criticism that his comments had caused misunderstandings about "Jeonbuk being left behind," Chung drew a clear line, saying, "Candidate Kim Min-seok is branding me, but I have never made such statements."
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