People’s Strength Presidential Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol leaves the Central Party after a press conference to announce his position on unification with Ahn Cheol-soo, a presidential candidate of the People’s Party, held at the People’s Strength Central Party in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 27th. By Oh Dae-geun
The unification of opposition candidates, the biggest variable in the presidential election, is heading towards catastrophe. On the 27th, Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People’s Strength, disclosed in detail the progress of the negotiations on the unification of the candidates, and passed the responsibility to the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, Ahn Cheol-soo. Candidate Ahn denied the negotiation itself, saying it was not worth considering Yoon’s proposal. As both sides shifted responsibility for the failure of unification to the other party, the unification was canceled before the date of printing the ballot paper (28th).
Yoon Seok-yeol, “I will not let go of the string of hope” but…
Candidate Yoon partially canceled the Gyeongbuk campaign scheduled for the 27th and volunteered for an emergency press conference at the central party in Yeouido. At this meeting, he said, “I was notified of the final breakdown of the unification unit at 9 am,” he said. At the same time, he did not close the possibility of unification at the last minute, saying, “I will not give up hope on the integration of the opposition for regime change, which is the aspiration of the people.”
Candidate Yoon, however, took the time to explain his unification efforts at the interview. ① Despite the final agreement of the plenipotentiaries of both sides, Candidate Ahn requested an additional justification ② He tried to visit Candidate Ahn’s home, but Ahn moved to Mokpo ③ Candidate Ahn refused to openly propose a meeting It was reported that the breakup was Regarding the reason for the final breakdown, he indirectly stated that Candidate Ahn was responsible, saying, “They also said that they did not know the reason.”
Presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, released by the People’s Power, text message to Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party. Visual = Reporter Shin Dong-jun.
Disclosure of the negotiation process as if determined… In fact, an ‘exit strategy’
The People’s Power, as if determined, disclosed to the media the progress of the unification negotiations on five A4 papers and the text message from Candidate Yoon to Candidate Ahn. It contains the contents of the negotiations between the two sides, meeting or exchanging phone calls since the 3rd. I have the belief that they match,” and “Please call me,” he said.
The disclosure of the details of the underlying negotiations is also proof that trust in the other party has virtually disappeared. Candidate Yoon’s disclosure of the progress of the negotiations despite the responsibility battle is at the level of an ‘exit strategy’ considering the eventual failure of unification. The intention is to dispel the public perception that the unification is sluggish because Candidate Yoon did not give an answer to Ahn’s proposal for the national primary method of the poll. This is to show that he has done his best to reveal the under-the-hood negotiations and that the responsibility for the ‘unification breakdown’ lies with Candidate Ahn.
People’s Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo answers questions from reporters about the unification of the People’s Power presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol after finishing a campaign at Yi Sun-sin Square in Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do on the 27th. News 1
Ahn Cheol-soo “I just heard it because we wanted to talk”
Candidate Ahn immediately objected. Candidate Ahn, who is campaigning in Honam, met with reporters on the same day and reduced the meaning of the negotiation itself, saying, “(Candidate Yoon’s side) suggested that we talk, so that the head of the Election Response Headquarters Lee Tae-gyu decided to hear what he would say.” He added, “After listening to what I had to say this morning, I came to the conclusion that it was not worth considering because there was not much difference.”
The Democratic Party of Korea, which sent a love call to candidate Ahn with a political reform plan, evaluated that “candidate Yoon is trying to ignite the ‘Ahn Cheol-soo responsibility theory'” and “unification is over.” Woo Sang-ho, general manager of the Election Response Committee, said, “It seems that candidate Yoon’s disclosure of the negotiation process between the two candidates is a ‘declaration of abandonment of unification’.”
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