Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will hold his first press conference since the passage of the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 15th.
Lee will hold the first press conference after the impeachment at 11 a.m. at the National Assembly. He is expected to announce measures to overcome the economic crisis, which has expanded from the emergency martial law on December 3 to the impeachment political situation, and to minimize government confusion.
Lee is likely to request cooperation measures with the government and the ruling party, such as the 'Tripartite Emergency Economic Inspection Meeting of the Ruling Party, Opposition, and Government' he proposed on the 10th.
Regarding Lee's press conference, there is an interpretation that it is a strategy to highlight his stature as a next presidential candidate after the impeachment. It is understood as a calculation to demonstrate the image of a ruling party by taking care of people's livelihoods as the opposition leader and managing the unsettled state affairs after the impeachment.
Some expect Lee to accelerate his presidential campaign, keeping in mind the possibility of an early presidential election.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Emergency Economic Inspection Meeting held at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min
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