"Negative" on the first day of early voting... "Busan Helicopter Run" "Illegal Campaign"

[Anchor]
On the first day of early voting for the October 16 by-elections, the ruling and opposition parties exchanged harsh negative attacks.

People's Power criticized the transfer as a "Busan Helicopter Run" when Lee Jae-myung was attacked, and the Democratic Party of Korea called for a crackdown on "illegal election campaigns," citing suspicions raised during the last general election.

Reporter Lee Jun-yeop reports.

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The People's Power slammed Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung's move from Busan National University Hospital to Seoul National University Hospital during the attack in January as a "helgy run."

The daughter of Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, also launched an all-out offensive against the opposition party, citing the case in which all Busan University medical students were canceled due to forgery of documents.

[Seo Bum-soo / Secretary-General of People's Power: Lee Jae-myung, who 'helmed' from Busan to Seoul in search of a hospital that disparages Busan medical care and is good at it, is now appealing for tickets in Busan]

On the first day of the by-elections early voting, the opposition party was caught and a check was thrown, but representative Han Dong-hoon also encouraged the vote, saying that the power of the people is a party that can realize symbiosis, not destruction.

The Democratic Party of Korea launched a counterattack by accusing Yoo Chul-hwan, chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, on the grounds that the committee's disciplinary action against Busan National University medical staff itself applied the wrong regulations.

In Ganghwa, Incheon, where the county by-election is held, he also threatened not to conduct "illegal election campaigns," saying there were suspicions of "carrying voters" during the early voting of the last general election.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader: Our supporters of the Democratic Party should actively carry out surveillance activities at polling stations to see if this illegal act occurs.]

Floor leader Park Chan-dae made all-out efforts to "catch votes" by announcing his unscheduled trip to Busan and Lee Jae-myung to Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do.

In the midst of this, Cho Kuk, the leader of the Innovation Party, met voters in and out of glory, and Kim Jae-yeon, the leader of the Progressive Party, also stayed in glory all day, realizing the "Honam blood fight" of the opposition.

The by-elections are heating up in an unpredictable situation, with the opposition camp looking beyond Busan Geumjeong, a traditional strong region of the ruling party, and the Cho Kuk Innovation Party and the Progressive Party threatening the Democratic Party's stronghold in Honam.

I'm YTN's Lee Junyeop.

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