The camp of candidate Kim Dong-yeon, who is running in the Democratic Party of Korea presidential primary, officially requested on the 21st that the party's election management committee change the companies participating in the presidential primary opinion poll.

Kim Dong-yeon, a candidate for the presidency from the Democratic Party of Korea, is presenting his platform at the joint speech meeting held on the afternoon of Oct. 20 at the Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center in the Yeongnam region. /Courtesy of News1

The Kim camp noted that they demanded fair management of the primary related to the 21st presidential election on the same afternoon to the party's election management committee.

The Kim camp stated, "We again urge that the 'Signal and Pulse' survey, which has caused controversy, be excluded from the opinion polls for party members in the Honam region and the metropolitan area scheduled for this week and be replaced with another research firm."

The Kim camp is raising issues, arguing that Signal and Pulse is the successor to a polling firm that faced controversy over disadvantageous treatment of non-Lee Jae-myung candidates during last year's general election nomination process.

Signal and Pulse is one of the five companies conducting opinion polls for the Democratic Party of Korea presidential primary. This firm is in a situation where it has been pointed out that it is virtually the same company as 'Research DNA,' which was excluded during last year's Democratic Party general election primary due to fairness controversies since both have the same CEO. At that time, this firm was accused of leading unfavorable surveys for non-Lee Jae-myung candidates by conducting polls that excluded incumbent lawmakers in districts where non-Lee Jae-myung lawmakers were serving.

However, earlier, Park Bum-kyu, the chair of the election management committee, stated regarding this controversy, "This firm voluntarily gave up its service during the candidate suitability survey in the last general election; however, it has not been sanctioned by the party due to this," expressing that there is no problem.

On the other hand, the Kim camp holds that it is inappropriate for a firm that was effectively excluded from the surveys during the last general election to participate again in the presidential primary opinion polls.

Additionally, the Kim camp requested that each camp's observers be allowed to participate in the opinion survey process utilizing the national safety number scheduled for this week to enhance transparency and reliability.

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