Democratic Party's Seol Hoon "Participation in Proportional Alliance Party? Centrist Voters Will Be Shaken"

Seol Hoon, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Seol Hoon, a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, expressed concern on the 9th that "if the Democratic Party participates in an electoral alliance party for proportional representation, there is a possibility that the centrist voters may be shaken."

Seol appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' on the same day and said, "It is fundamental to embrace the centrist voters in an election, but it is clear to anyone that if this happens, the centrist voters may be shaken," showing opposition to participation in the proportional alliance party.

He added, "Since party members will have their own opinions on this matter, if it is said that the votes lost in local constituencies, especially in the metropolitan area, will be greater than the votes gained from proportional representation, party members will not easily agree to participate in the proportional alliance party."

He continued, "Everyone agrees that we cannot let the United Future Party become the first party, but the leadership is looking at it the other way around," and pointed out, "The key judgment point is the issue of centrist votes fleeing, but the perspectives on this differ."

Seol predicted, "We criticized the United Future Party's behavior of creating the Future Korea Party for proportional representation as a 'satellite party' and a 'fake party,' but in the end, since we are heading in a similar direction, it will not be easy to avoid criticism."

He then said, "Our party members are very wise, and it would be best to trust them and end this matter with a rejection."

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