Lee Taegyu Joins People Party... "Representative Ahn Cheolsu is Lonely"

"We Must Open the Path to Practical Centrist Politics"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 1st, Lee Tae-gyu, a member of the Ahn Cheol-soo faction, stated, "Today, 101 years after our ancestors rose up to shake off Japanese colonial oppression, I join the People’s Party, hoping to end ideological and factional politics and vested interest politics that are holding back the future of the Republic of Korea and are obsessed with pursuing private interests."

In a statement released that day, Lee said, "Because I have the responsibility to manage the People’s Party and prepare for the April 15 general election," adding, "Having served as the head of the Ahn Cheol-soo New Party Establishment Planning Group, executive member of the People’s Party Founding Preparation Committee, and currently as the Secretary-General, I cannot leave the party."

Lee emphasized, "The People’s Party is currently struggling, and Representative Ahn Cheol-soo is lonely. Although we declared a path of practical centrist politics by challenging the old political paradigm and the vested interests of the two major parties, the walls of reality remain thick and high," and added, "I believe it is a political duty to overcome difficulties alongside Representative Ahn from my current position."

He stated, "We must open the path of practical centrist politics," and said, "While it is important to stop the tyranny and incompetence of the Moon Jae-in administration, we must also change the old political paradigm to restore the public nature of politics, and by overcoming politics of hatred and exclusion that regard opponents as enemies, transform the combative National Assembly into a working National Assembly."

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