On the 14th, Se-hoon Oh (pictured left) Power of the People Candidate of Seoul Mayor and Candidate Ahn Chul-soo of the National Assembly Party. yunhap news
The power of the people and the People’s Party sit back at the negotiating table to discuss the rules for unifying conservative opposition for the 4-7 Seoul mayoral by-election. In the working-level negotiations held on the 12th, the working-level negotiating groups of both sides, which were unable to reach an agreement on the rules after having exchanged high-definition at the battle, and through direct communication between Candidate Se-hun Oh and Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo I will go in.”
On this day, the two sides each announced through a press release that the discussions between the working-level negotiations were proceeding smoothly. First of all, the power of the people said, “As a result of the discussions between the two candidates’ working-level negotiations, we decided to first hold a vision presentation, which is an agreement between Candidate Oh and Candidate Ahn at 3 pm on the 15th.” The People’s Party also disclosed the same details, explaining that “we decided to continue negotiations between the People’s Party and the People’s Strength Working Group at 11 am on the 15th.”
The two sides were in a deadlock over future schedules and poll questions until the morning of this day. As the joint vision presentation between Candidate Oh and Candidate Ahn, scheduled for this afternoon, was postponed, the conflict was also heightened. Accordingly, former CEO Kim Moo-sung, the honorary ancestor of the People’s Power of the People, and Lee Jae-oh, standing adviser, held a press conference to resolve the conflict. They urged, “The essential condition for winning the opposition is the unification of the opposition candidates,” and urged, “Each party that is making unification difficult should withdraw from the negotiations and make a decision to meet the two candidates in person to achieve unification.”
Candidate Oh and Candidate Ahn also confirmed that there was no disagreement on the final goal of unification through a direct call on the day. Candidate Oh met with reporters and said, “We express our firm commitment to unification and adhere to the deadline.” Candidate Ahn also held a press conference and “unification is the first step in unification. Candidate for unification itself is Candidate No. 2”. He said, “It is the purpose and purpose of unification to create a larger second and a larger opposition party by combining No. 2 and No. 4 instead of No. 2 (People’s Power Symbol) and No. 4 (People’s Party Symbol).” Met with reporters and explained that “Candidate Oh and the two agreed on everything except the poll questions.”
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