"Coordinating with the President?" vs. "Leverage Causing Tears of Blood"

[Anchor]

Fierce verbal clashes broke out among candidates during the second TV debate for the Democratic Party leadership race. Candidates Kim Min-seok and Jeong Cheong-rae engaged in an intense battle over the so-called conflict between Myung and Cheong and the single-stock leverage ETF issue, while candidate Song Young-gil kept a sharp check on candidate Jeong.

[Reporter]

At the second TV debate for the leadership candidates running in the Democratic Party's August 17 national convention.

First, regarding suspicions of Shincheonji's intervention, candidate Kim Min-seok argued it was a legitimate issue to raise, while candidate Jeong Cheong-rae fired back demanding evidence.

[Kim Min-seok / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: Is raising issues about Shincheonji such a mortal sin? Should Shincheonji's intervention in the primary be something that needs to be protected?]

[Jeong Cheong-rae / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: The most malicious claim that dragged the national convention into the mud is raising the Shincheonji suspicion. You should apologize cleanly...]

Candidate Kim argued that candidate Jeong's claim that there was coordination with the Blue House to evaluate the past June 3 local election as a "victory" was false.

[Kim Min-seok / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: Wasn't there a time when victory was not coordinated or defined as a victory between the party, government, and the Blue House? Do you think you can just say anything because the President is not here?]

Candidate Jeong fought back by claiming that when candidate Kim served as Prime Minister, he bore responsibility for failing to carefully review the introduction of "single-stock leverage ETFs."

[Jeong Cheong-rae / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: Because of the single-stock leverage ETFs handled carelessly during Prime Minister Kim Min-seok's term, many people are actually shedding tears of blood.]

Candidate Song Young-gil sharpened his tone, demanding that candidate Jeong Cheong-rae draw a line against writer Yu Si-min's remarks criticizing President Lee Jae-myung.

[Song Young-gil / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: When people like writer Yu Si-min attack the President like that, you should push back against it. Tell him not to do it, Yu Si-min.]

[Jeong Cheong-rae / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate: I am telling you that I will still keep my loyalty to President Lee Jae-myung to the end.]

The Democratic Party will hold its final TV debate for the leadership candidates on the coming 12th, and then determine the final winner on the 17th.

(Photo: Yonhap News)

(Video Coverage: Oh Young-chun, Kim Yong-woo, Video Editing: Won Hyung-hee)

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