Seoul: Firebrand MLA Lee Jae-myung was chosen to lead South KoreaThe main opposition party on Sunday, months after its narrow presidential defeat to a conservative rival eun suk yeoli The liberals were left confused. Lee’s major victory in Democratic Party The presidential race ends a month-long leadership vacuum for the Liberals, who still control the majority Parliament, It revives its rivalry with Yoon, a relative political novice, who has seen a decline in his popularity since taking office in May amid policy mishaps and mishandling of cabinet appointments over a deteriorating economy, education and other domestic issues. Is.
Lee, who won about 78% of the vote from party members, was announced as the new president of the Democrats at a convention held at a gymnastics stadium in the capital, Seoul. In his acceptance speech, Took criticized Yoon The administration described it as a failure to address the country’s severe economic inequalities, but also said it was willing to cooperate with Yun and the ruling conservative party if “they take the right path for the people and the country.”
He insisted that his main mission is to bring the Democrats back to power.
“Today’s convention is the beginning of our victorious march, which includes parliamentary elections two years later, mayoral and gubernatorial elections after four years, and presidential elections after five years,” Lee said.
Yoon, who defeated Lee by a historically narrow margin of 0.7 percentage points in the March election, did not immediately comment on Lee’s victory in the Democratic convention.
The Democrats were without a president since March and the party was run by an emergency committee after the previous leadership stepped down following Lee’s defeat in the presidential election.
Lee, who during the presidential campaign called for universal basic income and engagement with nuclear-armed North Korea, is one of the most polarizing figures in South Korean politics.
Supporters of Lee appreciate his outspoken style and see him as an anti-elitist hero who can fix establishment politics, eradicate corruption and rising economic inequality, a crippling job market and rising homelessness. Can fix prices.
To his detractors, the 57-year-old is seen as a dangerous populist who demonizes his conservative detractors and fails to back up his ambitious pledge for welfare spending with realistic money plans.
Yoon has had a rocky start in office as he grapples with rising prices and unemployment and an economy battered by an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which this year ramped up its missile tests at a record pace while threatening a nuclear conflict with South Korea. Is. America
Yoon’s approval rating has dropped to 30 or less on unpopular policy decisions in recent weeks, including a poorly explained plan to get children to start school earlier, which triggered fierce public backlash and prompted her education minister this month. forced to resign. After the withdrawal of two nominees over allegations of nepotism and illegal use of campaign funds, Yoon has no health minister yet.
US Yoon was also criticized for his reluctance to meet with the House speaker. Nancy Pelosic When she went to South Korea after a trip to Taiwan earlier this month, that angered China. Yoon, who was on vacation, spoke to Pelosi on the phone rather than face-to-face. His critics accused him of avoiding meeting with him to protect relations with China.
Lee, who won about 78% of the vote from party members, was announced as the new president of the Democrats at a convention held at a gymnastics stadium in the capital, Seoul. In his acceptance speech, Took criticized Yoon The administration described it as a failure to address the country’s severe economic inequalities, but also said it was willing to cooperate with Yun and the ruling conservative party if “they take the right path for the people and the country.”
He insisted that his main mission is to bring the Democrats back to power.
“Today’s convention is the beginning of our victorious march, which includes parliamentary elections two years later, mayoral and gubernatorial elections after four years, and presidential elections after five years,” Lee said.
Yoon, who defeated Lee by a historically narrow margin of 0.7 percentage points in the March election, did not immediately comment on Lee’s victory in the Democratic convention.
The Democrats were without a president since March and the party was run by an emergency committee after the previous leadership stepped down following Lee’s defeat in the presidential election.
Lee, who during the presidential campaign called for universal basic income and engagement with nuclear-armed North Korea, is one of the most polarizing figures in South Korean politics.
Supporters of Lee appreciate his outspoken style and see him as an anti-elitist hero who can fix establishment politics, eradicate corruption and rising economic inequality, a crippling job market and rising homelessness. Can fix prices.
To his detractors, the 57-year-old is seen as a dangerous populist who demonizes his conservative detractors and fails to back up his ambitious pledge for welfare spending with realistic money plans.
Yoon has had a rocky start in office as he grapples with rising prices and unemployment and an economy battered by an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which this year ramped up its missile tests at a record pace while threatening a nuclear conflict with South Korea. Is. America
Yoon’s approval rating has dropped to 30 or less on unpopular policy decisions in recent weeks, including a poorly explained plan to get children to start school earlier, which triggered fierce public backlash and prompted her education minister this month. forced to resign. After the withdrawal of two nominees over allegations of nepotism and illegal use of campaign funds, Yoon has no health minister yet.
US Yoon was also criticized for his reluctance to meet with the House speaker. Nancy Pelosic When she went to South Korea after a trip to Taiwan earlier this month, that angered China. Yoon, who was on vacation, spoke to Pelosi on the phone rather than face-to-face. His critics accused him of avoiding meeting with him to protect relations with China.