'Opposition to Capital Relocation' Debate Held at National Assembly... Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman, Delivers Congratulatory Address

Lee Jae-oh, the founding preparation committee chairman of the National Integration Solidarity, is speaking at the founding convention of the National Integration Solidarity held on the 23rd at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The National Movement Headquarters Against the Capital Relocation (hereinafter referred to as the Movement Headquarters), led by former lawmaker Lee Jae-oh, who is the standing advisor of the United Future Party, will hold a debate opposing the capital relocation to Sejong City.

The Movement Headquarters announced on the 11th that it will hold a debate titled 'What is the problem with the capital relocation?' at 2 p.m. on the 12th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, opposing the ruling party's push for relocating the capital to Sejong City.

The debate will feature Kim Jong-in, the emergency committee chairman of the United Future Party, who is scheduled to deliver a congratulatory speech. The seminar panel will include six participants: lawmaker Lee Dal-gon of the United Future Party, Professor Kim Hyung-gi, Professor Emeritus at Kyungpook National University, Professor Je Sung-ho of Chung-Ang University, lawyers Lee Soo-hee and Kwon Oh-hyun, and Yang Ki-yeol, youth chairman of the National Integration Solidarity.

Standing representative Lee stated, "It is necessary to reconsider why the ruling party's floor leader proposed the administrative capital relocation through a representative speech in the National Assembly at this point," adding, "It is a trick to avoid the plummeting approval ratings of the president and the ruling party, caused by the government's successive failures in real estate policies and a series of sexual crime scandals involving ruling party metropolitan local government heads."