yunhap newsOn the evening of the 2nd, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, a bilateral TV debate between Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and New Wave presidential candidate Kim Dong-yeon will be held hosted by CBS. As this is the first debate between candidates in the 20th presidential election, it is expected to partially satisfy the public’s demands for verification.
Candidates from both parties will hold a bilateral discussion on CBS radio live for 95 minutes from 6:25 pm to 8 pm on the same day, titled ‘Policy Debate Meeting for Presidential Candidates Kim Dong-yeon and Lee Jae-myung’. Both parties agreed to limit the discussion topics to three policy areas: economy, politics, and foreign affairs and security. It will be broadcast on FM Radio 98.1 and the ‘Bouton’ YouTube channel as moderator of CBS Announcer Park Jae-hong.
Previously, the bilateral discussion between Candidate Lee and People’s Strength candidate Yoon Seok-yeol was canceled on the 31st following a fierce battle over the topic and whether to bring data, and this day’s debate between Candidate Lee and Candidate Kim became the first debate between presidential candidates.
yunhap newsRegarding the legitimacy of the bilateral debate, Kwon Hyuk-ki, head of the public affairs department of the Democratic Party’s election committee, said, “There is no problem with the discussion with candidate Kim being hosted by CBS, which has authority over the election law.” In particular, he said, “The two candidates discussed the whole state of affairs. There was no need to discuss such things as whether to go negative or bring data. It is left to the candidate’s common sense.” He said it wasn’t an issue.
An official from the New Wave side also said, “There was a smooth discussion on the topic and method of the discussion early on, and only the amount of time to spend on each topic was adjusted until the last minute. said
As both candidates are proud of their ‘policy capabilities’ as a point of differentiation, it is expected that fierce pledges and policy battles will unfold in this debate. It is also noteworthy whether this debate can advance the Democratic Party’s love call to unite candidates sent to Candidate Dong-yeon Kim.