Seoul: the South Korea Democratic Party of South Korea on Sunday (April 27) named Lee Jae-Myung, former get together chief, as a candidate for the SNAP presidential elections scheduled for June 3.
Lee led the polls of opinion for weeks with a two -digit hole in comparison with the rivals of the get together Power Power Conservative People, who will appoint his candidate on May 3.
“From this level onwards, Lee Jae -myung shouldn’t be solely the candidate of the Democratic Party, but in addition the candidate of all of the individuals who need the tip of the revolt, an overcoming of the disaster, for individuals who search unity and happiness,” Lee stated in an acceptance speech after profitable the candidacy of his get together.
Lee stated he would strengthen the protection expertise of South Korea and can work to make the nation a pacesetter in excessive -tech industries, a cultural energy and an exemplary democracy.
He introduced the Democratic Party to a landslide victory in a parliamentary election in 2024 and anticipated extensively to win the first elections, after simply defeating two different candidates from his get together within the regional primaries.
The 61 -year -old lawyer remodeled right into a politician misplaced the final presidential elections in 2022 from the thinner margin of the democratic historical past of South Korea.
That election was received by Yoon Suk Yeol, who was accused by the Constitutional Court firstly of this month for his temporary imposition of martial regulation.
