Se-hoon Oh, former mayor of Seoul. Hankyoreh material photo
Former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said on the 7th, “If Ahn Chul-soo, the National Assembly representative, is in the power of the people, he will not run for the mayor of Seoul.” Mayor Oh held a press conference at the National Assembly on the same day, saying, “I would like to make a pleasing proposal to Candidate Chul-Soo Ahn for unification of the opposition today. Please come in with the power of the people. It would be more desirable if you decide to be worthy,” he said. “Then I will do my best to win the opposition without running.” The weight was put on the worthy party rather than the party. Mayor Oh emphasized, “Only the chemical combination of the two parties will maximize the synergy effect of unification, thereby maximizing the possibility of winning the two major elections, especially the presidential election.” He also expressed his willingness to run if no party or party is reached. He said, “If there is no sign-in or worthyness, I have no choice but to choose the path of running. I believe that all of you will understand that it is because the people of the 1st opposition party cannot but make a candidate. I will do my best for this.” “I will not hesitate to give any help to the election of the candidate who was selected for the party primary.” He emphasized that only the’unification of the opposition’, which is the historical calling of the opposition, is at the center.” Regarding the timing of the decision to run, I met with reporters after the interview and said, “The schedule announced by our party will begin registration of candidates from the 18th. Until the 17th, I will wait for Candidate Chulsoo Ahn’s decision.” The reason for the conditional vote on the day was that “I am more concerned about the division of opposition in the next presidential election, rather than the single candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election itself. Unification of opposition rights cannot be guaranteed. He pointed out that there is not a small possibility that the flimsy unification of this election will lead to a division of opposition in the next presidential election.” By Jang Na-rae, staff reporter [email protected]