On August 18, local time, South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, held its national congress. Party leader candidate Lee Jae-myung was re-elected as leader of the party with 85.4% of the vote.
Lee Jae-myung (data map) Picture source: CCTV News Client
Previously reported
According to Yonhap News Agency on June 24, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Party, announced his resignation as the leader of the party that day.
Lee Jae-myeong said at a press conference held after the Supreme Committee meeting of the Democratic Party of Korea that morning that according to the constitution of the Democratic Party of China, candidates such as the party leader, the party’s supreme committee member, and the national chairman must resign from all positions in the party before registering as candidates. .
Yonhap News Agency pointed out that the Democratic Party of China will hold an all-party meeting on August 18 to elect a new party leader. Lee Jae-myung has actually made up his mind to challenge for re-election. Until the new party leader is elected, this position will be temporarily held concurrently by Park Chan-dae, whip of the Democratic Party and floor representative.
Lee Jae-myung participated in the South Korean presidential election on behalf of the Democratic Party in 2022, but lost to the current President Yoon Seok-yue by a small margin.
After the general election, Lee Jae-myung continued to participate in political activities and went on a hunger strike from August 31 to September 23, 2023, to protest against Yin Xiyue's governance.
Source: China News Service synthesized from CCTV News Client, previous reports of China News Service, etc.
