The scandals surrounding the top aides to Lee – nicknamed “the Bulldozer” from his career as a construction industry executive – have complicated matters for the ruling Saenuri Party’s candidate, Park Geun-hye, and buoyed the hopes of her leftist rival, Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party. Park is the daughter of former president, General Park Chung-hee, who seized power in a military coup in 1961.
李明博的副手丑闻缠身——作为建筑业主管，他有个“推土机”的绰号——这让执政的新国家党候选人朴槿惠面临复杂的局面，也燃起了她的左翼竞选对手、民主统合党候选人文在寅的希望。朴槿惠是前总统朴正熙将军之女，朴正熙1961年通过军事政变掌权。