"Coordination with the President?" vs. "Leverage and Bloodshed"

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Candidates exchanged sharp verbal clashes during the second TV debate for the Democratic Party's leadership race. Candidates Kim Min-seok and Jeong Cheong-rae engaged in a fierce battle over the so-called "Myeong-Cheong conflict" and the single-stock leverage ETF issue, while candidate Song Young-gil kept a close check on candidate Jeong.

Reporter Park Jae-yeon has the details.

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The second TV debate was held 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 demanded proof.

[Kim Min-seok / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate : Is raising an issue about Shincheonji such a mortal sin? Does Shincheonji's intervention in the primary need to be protected?]

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

Candidate Kim argued that candidate Jeong's claim of having coordinated with the Blue House to evaluate the past June 3 local elections as a "victory" was false.

[Kim Min-seok / Democratic Party Leadership Candidate : Didn't you never coordinate a victory with the party, government, and presidential office to define it as a win? Do you think you can just say anything because the President is not here?]

Candidate Jeong fought back by claiming that candidate Kim bore responsibility for failing to carefully review the introduction of "single-stock leverage ETFs" during his term as prime minister.

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

Candidate Song Young-gil sharpened his attack, stating that candidate Jeong Cheong-rae should 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. Tell him not to do it, Yu Si-min.]

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

The Democratic Party will hold its final TV debate for leadership candidates on the 12th before deciding the final winner on the 17th.

(Video by Oh Young-chun and Kim Yong-woo | Video Editing by Won Hyung-hee)
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