Lee has been leading opinion polls for weeks with a double-digit gap over contestants from the conservative People Power Party, which will name its candidate on May 3.
The 61-year-old lawyer-turned-politician lost the last presidential election in 2022 by the slimmest margin in South Korea’s democratic history.
Lee was among the lawmakers who rushed to the National Assembly on the night of Yoon’s December 3 martial law declaration to ensure parliament voted down the military order.
Lee, who became the party’s leader in 2022 and stepped down earlier this month to run for the presidency, is no stranger to controversy.
He also faces several trials on matters ranging from bribery to charges mostly linked to a $1-billion property development scandal.
Before becoming the leader of the Democratic Party, Lee also served as mayor of Seongnam and governor of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous in the country.
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