Dear viewers, let’s start the newsroom. The presidential election is now just 66 days away. The polls for the presidential candidates for the new year were released one after another on the evening of the 1st. In all three surveys, Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung took the lead. At most, there were surveys that were 12%p higher than the People’s Strength candidate Yoon Seok-yeol. After receiving the first poll results of the new year, the two candidates entered into a policy competition. First, Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, who is staying in Busan for the second day, made a promise to expand the monthly rent deduction.
Reporter Ahn Ji-hyeon reports from the Democratic Party news.
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Candidate Jae-myung Lee, who chose to go to Busan on the first day of the new year.
Today, I continued my Busan itinerary for 1 night and 2 days in Busan watching the sunrise with my wife, Hye-kyung Kim.
[이재명/더불어민주당 대선후보 : 부산 바닷가에서 일출을 보는 건 처음입니다.]
[김혜경/이재명 더불어민주당 대선후보 배우자 : 우리 예전에 애들 어렸을 때 한 번…]
Afterwards, I looked around the Smart City, a futuristic residential complex with remote medical treatment in Gangseo-gu, Busan.
[이재명/더불어민주당 대선후보 : 영화나 만화 속에서만 보던 장면이 현실이 된 것 같습니다.]
The reason Lee chose Busan as the New Year’s agenda is interpreted as the strategy of emphasizing the image of an ‘economic president’ and winning support in Busan, where traditionally conservatives are strong, in order to win the presidential election.
Candidate Lee also announced the fourth real estate pledge following the easing of estate and acquisition taxes on Facebook.
The key this time is to expand the target of the monthly rent deduction from the previous application only to houses with a market value of 300 million won or less to houses with a market value of 500 million won or less, and increase the deduction rate to a maximum of 17%.
Candidate Lee, who returned to Seoul, plans to hold a New Year’s press conference at the Kia Motors plant on the 4th.
(Video design: Kang Aram)