On the 7th, Rep. Sang-ho Woo of the Democratic Party and former Uri Party Rep. Jeong Bong-ju of the Open Democratic Party agreed on the “unification of candidates based on the premise of the consolidation of the two parties” on the 7th. On the 12th of last month, Rep. Woo also agreed to unify with Kim Jin-ae, another preliminary candidate for the Open Democratic Party. This time, I went one step further by adding the expression’integration premise’.
In addition, the Democratic Party’s Woo Sang-ho (left), a preliminary candidate for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election, and Jeong Bong-ju, the Open Democratic Party’s Seoul Mayor by-election preliminary candidate, shake hands after announcing an agreement on the unification of the unified premise candidate at the Assembly Hall on the morning of the 7th. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
Rep. Woo and Jeon Jung met at the Assembly Hall of the National Assembly this morning to make an agreement. “Recognizing that the two parties have one root, we agree on the spirit of unity and strive to achieve it.” “I agree to promote the integration of the Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party before the election, but declare the unity in case of difficulty.”Said.
Candidate of Seoul Mayor Sangho Woo and Bongju Jeong. Reporter Kim Joon-young
The unification itself proceeds easily if there is consensus between the candidates, but the party-to-party integration is a matter of the decision of the leadership and the response of the party members. Before the announcement of the agreement, “I visited the leadership and explained the meaning of integration” (Sang-ho Woo) and “I spoke to the Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon” (Bong-ju Jung). What went ahead” (Seoul Jungjin Congressman) came out.
Physically, pre-election integration is not easy, but both candidates strategically brought out the theory of integration. In the Open Democratic Party, the entire party is a polar group of friends. Of the 6869 rights party members who responded to a party member survey commissioned by the Open Democratic Party in September of last year to the Korea Research, a public opinion polling agency, 98% said President Moon Jae-in “does good” in carrying out state affairs. In the same survey, 82% of party members responded that “the Democratic Party and the candidate should be unified” in the 4·27 re-election.
Rep. Woo, who is still inferior to former mid-term venture minister Park Young-seon in various public opinion polls, is in an urgent need to secure the vote of the pro-moon rights party with 50% decision power. In his recent Facebook message, “(To win against unification of opposition), the most Democratic candidate must come out” (6th), “Integration with the Open Democratic Party is the first step in which supporters of the Beomjinbo camp can unite” (5 It is concentrating on gathering camps such as work). One of the Democratic Party officials said, “Although the redundant membership of the party has been resolved, there is a clear sympathy between the Democrats and the Democratic Party’s pro-munity rights party.”
Assemblyman Jeong Jeon, a latecomer to the Open Democratic Party, is also in need of a change in the atmosphere of the contest. He also declared on the 29th of last month that “the Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party must actively integrate” and “we will change the board of the election.”
Representative Lee Nak-yeon, who holds the key to integration, is a bit uncomfortable. Representative Lee Nak-yeon, who received the intention of integration from both candidates, drew a line saying, “After receiving the report, an agenda that the leadership has not discussed.” Another close friend also said, “I am not thinking about consolidation of the party at the moment. It is not desirable for issues to be moved there, and I don’t think the benefits of integration will be so great. A member of the Democratic Party’s Strategic Officer said, “Unification is necessary for the mayoral election in Seoul, but integration is a problem of a different nature as it can provoke a departure from the middle class.”
Park Young-sun, a preliminary candidate for the Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan Democratic Party, speaks in front of the Smart Farm at Magoknaru Station in Seoul on the 7th. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
The primary strategy has also been focused on targeting the middle class Former Minister Park said, “It is an issue that the party leadership including the highest ranks should decide, but I agree.”. Minister Park, who attended the’Again Walking in Seoul’ event held in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, said, “Let’s join forces in the future and “let’s do good” in relation to the Mayor of Seoul.
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