National Assembly Representative Ahn Chul-soo is holding a press conference at the National Assembly on the 3rd. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
On the 3rd, CEO Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party announced that he would fully accept the’unification of the third zone’ proposed by former Democratic Party lawmaker Geum Tae-seop. On the 19th of last month, he chose’Plan B’after taking a step back from the plan of the’People’s Power-led Opposition Platform Competition’. The people’s strength also expressed their welcome. I am also interested in the background of Ahn’s choice, which can be said to be the second best choice.
Representative Ahn held a press conference at the National Assembly this morning and said, “I propose that all pan-opposition candidates who judge the Moon Jae-in regime and agree to the regime change will gather together to achieve the first unification.” “I would like to express my gratitude to Candidate Tae-seop Geum for making a difficult decision,” he said, saying that he would actually accept 100% of the proposal from the former lawmaker. Rep. Geum Jeon also made an immediate stance and said, “I welcome the decision,” and said, “At least (next week), I hope to have the opportunity to have a fierce discussion before the Lunar New Year.” Representative Ahn and Rep. Kum Jeon will meet on the 4th to discuss the specific unification method and schedule.
Representative Ahn’s’one-shot opposition’ contest, which includes the people’s strength, turned to a’step-by-step contest’, which is crucial to the attitude of the people, the first opposition party. As former lawmakers Na Gyeong-won and former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, and others who could compete with Ahn, join the race for the power of the people one after another, their eyes are naturally focused on them. Ahn has to watch the race for the power of the people to unify the opposition candidates, but it is in a situation that he cannot just watch it. An official from the People’s Power said on the day, “If Representative Ahn starts a competition for unification of the 3rd zone with Congressman Geum, the interest that is focused on the People’s Power Competition will inevitably diverge.”
Representative Ahn’s position can also be expected to preempt the support of the third zone in the process of unification with lawmakers. If the competition for unifying opposition candidates is finally entered early next month, President Ahn must firmly strengthen his support for the Third Zone, even in order not to be pushed down by the People’s Strength candidate who has the first opposition party on his back. Representative Ahn said, “In preparation for the future unfolding of the candidate for national strength and the unification phase, there is a need to unite the pan-optics in the middle zone into one.”
The people’s strength leadership is in an atmosphere of welcoming Ahn’s’decision’. On the morning of that morning, Chairman Kim Jong-in and members of the top four or more senior members held a curb meeting, completed the election of candidates for the People’s Power, and reconfirmed the plan to achieve unification of opposition rights in early March. Jeong Jin-seok, chairman of the nomination management committee, met with reporters after the conference and expressed an expectation that “the equation for unifying the opposition, which was considered only very complicated, has become much simpler and clearer.”
With the unification of the 3rd zone candidate, the unification of the pan-opposition candidate went through a two-track procedure. Candidate for People’s Strength, which is decided on the 4th of next month, and the candidate who won the third zone, including Representative Ahn, are expected to have their final game in the middle of next month. At the latest, the unification of opposition candidates must be completed by the 18th of next month, the day before the start of registration for the mayor of Seoul. Chairman Jeong Jin-seok said, “It will be outlined 20 days before to a month before the by-election.”
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