The ruling and opposition parties are fighting for "mini by-elections"...What's the reason for your life and death?

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In the "mini" by-elections to select four heads of local governments, the two major parties are pouring their party power into the last minute of the election.

Depending on the election results, the leadership of the leaders of both parties is also expected to be significantly affected.

I'm reporter Na Hye-in.

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Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, spent three days in Geumjeong, Busan, where the mayor's election was held during the official election campaign.

Some predicted that the election would be held quietly in the political situation where unfavorable factors from the ruling party still remain, but he/she expressed his/her willingness to protect the strong areas by appeasing his/her supporters day after day.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of the People's Power (9th, Geumjeong, Busan): (On the opinion that it would be nice if Mrs. Kim Gun-hee refrained from her activities), I think so, too. I didn't know what some MPs said. I also think that's necessary.Representative

Han's aggressive run into this election seems to have seen that he can pursue future tasks such as differentiation between the government and the government and expanding the outside world only by catching the rabbit first.

If even the region that won the general election is taken away at a time when the party has not sufficiently strengthened its control, there may be a lot of arrows that will fly to him right away.

Inside and outside the party, there are also a few cases in which the "Kim Ki-hyun leadership" was shaken after the defeat of the by-election for the head of Gangseo-gu District Office in Seoul last year.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of the People's Power (9th, Geumjeong, Busan): I saw you often in the general election. There was a person who saved me when I shouted, "Please save my country," at the end. Who is it? It's Busan.]

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung continues to push back and forth between Young and Honam as the election day approaches.

In order to focus on the Busan Geumjeong election, which succeeded in unifying the opposition, the family fight with candidates from the Cho Kuk Innovation Party and the Progressive Party over the position of Yeonggwang-gun County in Jeollanam-do, which is a traditional support base, is more intense than expected.

[Lee Jae-myung / Representative of Democratic Party of Korea (11th, Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do)] It is a bit unfortunate that we cannot do our best in the campaign due to this anxiety that it will be decided by a few votes.]

It is not easy to disperse the party's power during the parliamentary audit, but the Democratic Party of Korea seems to be focusing more on the Busan Geumjeong election, where the ruling and opposition parties will face off.

While the National Assembly is raising the level of the rental offensive, it expects that the Democratic Party will be able to take full control of the political situation if it puts the flag in a strong area of the ruling party, which has not won the general election.

On the other hand, it is observed that in the worst case of losing both Geumjeong in Busan and Yeonggwang in Jeollanam-do, Lee's first trial sentence next month could cause considerable damage to his strong leadership.

[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader (9th, Busan Geumjeong): Isn't this a representative democracy and a democratic system created by our constitution?]

Analysts say that the ruling and opposition party leaders' life and death in this "mini-by-elections" are due to their weak links.

The direction of the political situation is expected to change depending on the choice of 320,000 voters from the four local governments.

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN.


Filmmaker: Lee Sang-chang
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