Democratic Party Representative Lee Nak-yeon (center) visited the Gadeokdo Observatory with Kim Young-chun, Democratic Party candidate Busan Mayor (right). Representative Lee said, “I will do my best to start and complete the construction of Gaduk New Airport as early as possible.” Representative Lee also professed to deal with the special law of Gaduk New Airport at an extraordinary National Assembly in February. Reporter Song Bong-geun
The eyes of the opposition parties, who seemed to be focusing only on Seoul, are facing Busan. As the perception spread that a subtle change was detected in the by-election of the Busan Mayor of 4·7, which seemed to be unilaterally advantageous to the opposition party.
Democratic Party leader Nak-yeon Lee, who visited Busan on the 21st and said, “I will hurry to pass the provisional assembly in February of the Special Act on Gadeokdo New Airport,” continued driving to the new airport on the 22nd.
He said in the meeting of the Party’s Supreme Council, “Gadeok New Airport is the future of Busan. I believe that the economy can be changed with one airport.” He also said, “I hope the Moon Jae-in administration will end the Gadeok New Airport started by former President Roh Moo-hyun.” As such, the Democratic Party aims to reverse the charter with the new airport issue, one of the biggest issues of the Busan election.
On the other hand, the people’s strength wants to remove the new airport issue from the election issue. The day before, when the Democratic Party criticized his remarks that “a single Gaduk New Airport does not change the economy of Busan,” the Democratic Party criticized “Gadeok, too”, Chairman Kim Jong-in of the People’s Strength Enlargement Committee came to an explanation. He explained to reporters, “(Remarks on the previous day) are not a remark to cut down Gaduk New Airport, but that the construction of Gaduk New Airport does not mean that it will greatly save the entire economy of Busan.”
On the 22nd, Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee (right), responded to Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon’s claim to deal with the February special law at Gaduk New Airport, saying, “It was because I thought that it could capture the hearts of Busan citizens ahead of the Busan Mayor’s by-election.” It was a dragon’. On the left is Ho-young Joo, the National Power of the House representative. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
Regarding the special law, he opened up the possibility that “when I listened to the opinions of the Busan party council chairpersons of our party, we thought that such an airport was necessary.” “I think we can take a position to respond more actively”. Chairman Kim plans to visit Busan in person next month.
Pollution polls… What’s right
Since the election was conducted by the sexual scandal of former Busan Mayor Oh Geo-don of the Democratic Party, there were many people who initially expected a’tilted playground’ in favor of the opposition party. Until the end of last year, there was not a single runner in the passport who declared an official run. Even now, two candidates, including former Minister of Maritime Affairs Kim Young-chun and Busan City Councilman Park In-young, are running as preliminary candidates. On the other hand, in the power of the people, Professor Park Hyung-jun of Dong-A University (last month 15) and former lawmaker Lee Eon-ju (last month 17) have declared their run early, and all nine candidates are still in Busan.
However, the results of public opinion polls with fluctuating indicators recently appeared. In a public opinion poll released by Real Meter on the 21st (last 18-20), the party support in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam was 34.5% of the Democratic Party and 29.9% of the people’s power. In the same survey a week ago, it was 24.7% of the Democratic Party and 40.7% of the people’s power, and then it reversed.
The preliminary candidate of the Busan Mayor Park Hyeong-jun declared a run for the Busan Port International Passenger Terminal Convention Center on the 15th of last month, saying, “We will become a mayor that will help Busan take a new leap forward and change its regime.” Reporter Song Bong-geun
Of course, there is also an investigation in the opposite direction. In the polls published on the 22nd of the Gallup Korea (last 19-21), the support rate of the people of Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam was 36%, and the approval rate of the Democratic Party was 22%, which was the same as Jeonju (29% of the people’s power, 23% of the Democratic Party). The gap widened further. (For more information, refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Committee)
As changes were detected in some public opinion polls, the ruling party raised expectations and the opposition party raised alertness. The Democratic Party did not hide the expectation of “a positive reaction to the steadily taking care of Busan pending issues” (Chief In-ho Choi), despite the prudence that “the Democratic Party’s organization is absolutely outnumbered, so you can’t just trust public opinion polls”. .
The power of the people is opposite. On the surface, “it is not necessary to complain about how many percentages have changed in a day or two according to the polls” (Chairman Kim Jong-in), but voices continue to complain of a sense of crisis. “Busan is the hometown of President Moon, and there are 30 to 40 percent of the supporters of the Democratic Party” (former Lee Eon-ju on the 22nd) or “As it seems clear that the trend is down, we should be alert” (Je-won Jang on the 21st).
Democratic Party Busan Mayor Kim Young-chun visited the Busan Regional Committee of the Roh Moo-hyun Group on the 14th and said, “I will follow the will of President Roh Moo-hyun in Busan.” The photo at the back shows former Presidents Roh Moo-hyun and President Moon Jae-in during the Blue House. Newsis
Then, how do experts view the fluctuating survey indicators?
Political critic Yoon Tae-gon, head of The Moa Political Analysis Office, said, “I think it is correct that the passport has escaped from the worst phase when President Moon Jae-in sorted out the’Chu-yoon conflict’ that the conservative voters in Busan are interested in.”
Han-ul Jeong, an expert member of Korea Research, said, “While there were only a number of candidates for opposition, but they were lukewarm on economic issues, the passport is attracting the attention of the public by pushing for the new airport of Gaduk.” Said.
Eom Kyung-young, head of the Center for Era Spirituality, said, “The fact that’Pusan people have a strong attachment to people from their hometown’ is a general feeling of Busan from the politics. In that respect, passport personnel such as former Minister Kim Young-chun are more’Busan’ It seems to give the image of being a native.”
“The biggest concern of Busan citizens is who can revive the stagnant local economy,” said Um. “The passport that preemptively preoccupied regional economic revitalization issues such as Gadeokdo New Airport and the’Bu-Ul-Gyeonggyeong-gu Special Alliance’ is beneficial. It seems that there is a side to look at.”
Although there is a difference in degree, analysts say that it will not be developed in a unilaterally favorable trend for the opposition party.
People’s Power’Prohibition of internal gun shooting’ vs Democratic Party’Gathering of supporters’
In the power of the people, who have been aware of’passing the contest = winning the final’, I am worried about the overheating of the contest. In particular, personal attacks aimed at prospective candidates leading the way in public opinion polls are continuing. The People’s Strength Nomination Management Committee warned each candidate and the members of the Busan region, “Do not cause overheating in the race and avoid waiting in line for the lawmakers.” The question is how to prevent the weakening of the finals’ competitiveness due to overheating in the contest.
The preliminary candidate of the Busan Mayor Lee Eon-ju said on a radio broadcast on the 22nd, “This election (former Busan Mayor Oh Geo-don) is an election caused by sexual harassment, so it is advantageous in terms of the frame, but that part is also forgotten.” It is a frame that is favorable to the ruling party,” and raised the’crisis theory’. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
On the other hand, the Democratic Party’s homework is how much the former supporters who turned their backs from the Moon Jae-in regime will be united. The Democratic Party’s calculation is to raise the approval rating to the Democratic Party’s Busan region’s vote rate (45.39%) of last year’s 4-15 general elections, and then aim at a turnaround with economic issues such as Gaduk New Airport.
Democratic Party chairman Park Jae-ho said in a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo that “the more the gap in public opinion about Gaduk New Airport becomes more pronounced, the more the opposition party will be turned away from Busan citizens.” On the other hand, a member of the Democratic Party in Busan said, “The number of Democratic Party supporters in Busan is less than half of the people’s strength. There is a limit to using only Gaduk New Airport as the number of matches.”
Reporters Kim Hyo-seong and Kim Ki-jeong [email protected]