2022.6.3 Cartoon

[PARK YONG-SEOK]

Lee Jae-myung — former Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate and head of the party’s campaign for Wednesday’s local elections — was elected as a lawmaker representing a district in Incheon in a by-election held that day. But the DP is embroiled in a sharp battle between political factions over who should take responsibility for the crushing defeat of the DP in the local elections.