section_path: Campaign developments/Debates
section_name: Debates
paragraph_text: Debates
  
  On 18 May, the first televised debate for the presidential election was held, with Kim Moon-soo, Kwon Yeong-guk, Lee Jun-seok and Lee Jae-myung in attendance. A second debate for candidates who did not qualify for the first was held on 19 May. As Koo Joo-wa dropped out that same day, the debate featured only Hwang Kyo-ahn and Song Jin-ho. A third debate on 23 May featured Lee Jae-myung, Kim Moon-soo, Lee Jun-seok and Kwon Yeong-guk.
  
  The final televised debate of the campaign was held on 27 May, with Lee Jae-myung, Kwon Yeong-guk, Kim Moon-soo and Lee Jun-seok in attendance. During the debate, Kim said that calling Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration a coup attempt before it could be ruled as such by a court was premature and misleading, leading Lee Jae-myung to criticize him for defending a "coup regime". Meanwhile, Lee Jun-seok asked Kwon Yeong-guk whether he thought sticking chopsticks in female genitalia was sexist. The following day, Lee Jun-seok apologized for using graphic profanity during the debate. On 30 May, 21 representatives from across five parties proposed expelling Lee Jun-seok from the National Assembly over his remarks, with him saying "The Democratic Party and its secondary, tertiary, and quaternary factions say they will expel me from my position as a member of parliament", whilst also saying that it's a "prelude to a dictatorship."