Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the National Assembly Party, speaks at a press conference for the preliminary candidates for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election held at the National Assembly on the 3rd. Representative Ahn accepted the proposal for the’third zone primary’ for the unification of former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop, saying, “I propose that all pan-opposition candidates gather together to achieve the first unification.” Reporter Oh Jong-taek
On the 3rd, the National Assembly representative Ahn Chul-soo, who ran for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election, accepted the proposal of former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop’s’unification of the third zone’. As a result, the possibility of unification of opposition candidates proceeded in a two-track system called the People’s Power and the Third Zone candidate contest, followed by a one-on-one contest at the last minute, is likely to unfold in a two-stage manner.
After selecting the candidate for’Unification of the Third Zone’
Candidate of People’s Strength and Last-minute One-on-One Competition
Kim Jong-in “Clear the unification equation”
Justice Party decides no nomination for re-election for 4·7
Representative Ahn held a press conference at the National Assembly this morning and said, “I propose that not only Congressman Geum Jeon, but also all pan-opposition candidates who judge Moon Jae-in regime and agree to the regime change will gather together to achieve the first unification.” At the same time, he suggested several criteria. It is a content that agrees with the unified purpose of judging the government, does not conduct negative campaigns in the process of the contest, and concedes to the results, and that the winning candidate achieves the unification of the finalist and pan-optics.
Representative Ahn’s acceptance is interpreted as a strategy not to miss the attention of public opinion apart from the People’s Strength Competition, which selects the final candidate on March 4. In addition, it is interpreted as a paving stone that narrows the last-minute unification with the people’s strength to a one-on-one confrontation rather than a three-way confrontation (final candidate for the people’s strength, Representative Ahn, and Representative Geum). Representative Ahn said, “If we (third zone) are in Group A in the preliminary contest, the people’s strength will be Group B.” He said, “Because I include me who is the most advanced in terms of suitability and competitiveness for opposition candidates, it is called A League.”
Geum Tae-seop
In a recent public opinion poll, the result that former Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business Park Young-seon, a preliminary candidate for the Democratic Party, has made progress. Said. In a survey conducted by the public opinion poller R&Search on 807 citizens of Seoul from the 30th to the 1st of last month at the request of the Daily, it was found that both former Minister Park and Democratic Party lawmaker Sangho Woo Woo lead the way in the three-way battle. On the other hand, in the case of a bilateral confrontation, it was found that Ahn beat both former Minister Park and Rep. Woo (*Refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Committee for details).
Rep. Geum said on Facebook, “We welcome Representative Ahn’s decision.” “I will be happy to accept the conditions. I hope we meet at least before the Lunar New Year and have a fierce discussion in front of the citizens of Seoul.” At an online press conference this afternoon, Congressman Geum Jeon said, “Any form of discussion is okay and I will not insist on the way of polling.” The two will meet at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 4th.
In terms of the people’s power, a reaction came out saying, “It is positive that the unification picture is embodied” (party official). There is also an expectation that “the candidate for the people’s strength can win in the final unification”. On this day, Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Strength Emergency Response Committee, and members of the senior congressmen held a conference to discuss ways of unification. Chairman Kim met with reporters after the meeting and said about the movement for the 3rd zone contest as “the process of unifying the opposition candidates.” Chairman Kim said in a closed meeting that “the equation for unifying opposition rights, which was considered complex, has become much simpler and clearer.”
Meanwhile, the Justice Party convened a national committee, the party’s highest decision-making body, and decided not to nominate candidates for the 4·7 re-election. Justice Party chief spokesman Chung Ho-jin said, “The sexual harassment incident of former CEO Kim Jong-cheol caused great concern to the public.” I thought it was.”
Reporter Son Kook-hee [email protected]