Han Dong-hoon and Lee Jae-myung, "A Matchless"..."Maintaining Party Leadership" Prospects

[Anchor]
The by-elections, which drew attention as the first confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties since the inauguration of Han Dong-hoon and Lee Jae-myung, were virtually tied, avoiding the fatal "loss on the garden."

Amid the prospect of gaining more momentum in maintaining leadership within the party, the task of "reforming the passport" for Han and responding to the "trial risk" for Lee, which is coming up next month, are cited as variables.

Reporter Park Kwang-ryul reports.

[Reporter]
When the results of the election were outlined, Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, gave meaning in his SNS post that the people gave the government and the ruling party an opportunity for change and reform.

Gunner of Geumjeong, a conservative strong area that was "all-in" enough to visit Busan six times before and after the campaign,

It is noteworthy that the government chose to break through head-on, emphasizing 'reform' instead of appealing to the president as a strategy to minimize the desire for regime judgment.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of the People's Power (12th): I think it is necessary to renovate the presidential office. That is the important starting point for the government and the ruling party to reform, change, and reform according to public sentiment....]

According to the results of the election, the possibility of pro-Yoon-gye's "shaking Han Dong-hoon" has decreased, and Han is expected to compete for full-fledged leadership in the party-government relationship with the public eye level.

In fact, it is widely expected that the main agenda of the exclusive meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol will include a change in the presidential office's stance and calls for personnel reform related to the Kim controversy.

[Kim Jong-hyuk / Supreme Council Member of People's Power (Yesterday, MBC Radio 'Kim Jong-bae's Attention'): The presidential office should feel responsible for worsening public opinion (during the election).. It made supporters feel less inclined to come to the polls....]

Representative Lee Jae-myung took a breather with his victory in Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do, where the three-way battle in the opposition party was tight until the last minute.

This is because if Lee Jae-myung loses the first election of the second term, especially in Honam, his support base, amid the imminent sentence of the first trial of the "judicial risk," he will lose more than one seat for the head of the local government.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader (10th): Should the front line be disturbed and disturbed in this urgent situation that determines fate? We need to keep the stand firm.]

However, the report card of Busan Geumjeong, which showed a gap of more than 20%p, is considered a rather disappointing aspect despite the close outlook due to the unification with the Cho Kuk Innovation Party.

Some analysts say that he immediately responded to the controversy over Kim Young-bae's remarks, which mentioned waste of taxpayers' money in the election due to the death of his former mayor, with disciplinary procedures, but failed to evolve.

[Han Min-soo / Spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea (12th): If you attack (that comment) because it's the Democratic Party's position, wouldn't you admit your mistake and make it political? Again, we should not hurt the deceased, their families, and the residents of Geumjeong, Busan..]

With the ruling and opposition leaders passing the 'intermediate test' without much noise,
Representative Han Dong-hoon,
, is expected to take a step forward to recover his approval rating through reform of the party and the government, and Representative Lee Jae-myung is expected to take a series of steps to solve the task of overcoming judicial risks.

I'm Park Kwang Ryul of YTN.

Filmmaker for
: Lee Seong-mo and Han Sang-won
Video editing: Yeon Jin-young