Ahn Cheol-soo: "Moon Administration Will Nullify Yoon Seok-yeol Regime If They Win Election... Will Cover Up Power-Related Corruption"

The 21st General Election as a Midterm Evaluation of the Current Administration
Targeting the United Future Party: "Reorganization Needed into an Innovative Opposition"
On Proportional Satellite Parties: "They Must Be Judged and Expelled"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, stated on the 14th regarding the 21st general election, “The current administration’s greatest concern is that if they win the election, they will neutralize the Yoon Seok-yeol Prosecutor General system to cover up the four major power-related corruptions: the illegal manipulation of the Ulsan mayoral election, Lime, Shinrajen, and Burning Sun,” adding, “The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) will become the Blue House’s private army, and its harm will be no less than the intelligence agencies during the dictatorship era.”

On the same day, Ahn said on Twitter, “No matter what anyone says, this election is not a blind election caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), but a mid-term evaluation of the current administration,” and “The executive and judicial powers are all controlled by these people, and if they also take control of the legislative power, South Korea will roll off a cliff like a runaway locomotive without brakes, with no checks and balances, which is frightening.”

He pointed out, “The current administration has no vision or capability to lead the post-COVID-19 era,” and “They have already ruined the economy with income-led growth, the mechanical 52-hour workweek system, and nuclear phase-out policies even before COVID-19; suddenly, they won’t gain any new capabilities.”

He continued, “Carefully examine whether the current administration has ever presented a proper vision or alternative during the COVID-19 response process,” adding, “Instead, they only showed populist behavior aimed at gaining votes. Even after the election, there will be no solution other than issuing national bonds and preparing supplementary budgets.”

Ahn targeted the United Future Party, saying, “The opposition is the same. If they blindly support the first opposition party riding on the wave of punishing the administration, the incompetent opposition will continue to be the first opposition party,” emphasizing, “It is necessary to reorganize into an innovative opposition with centrism and expansion potential, not an incompetent opposition.”

Ahn stated, “In this election, the opposition’s share of legislative power must be divided. The People’s Party must be chosen for proportional representation to form a healthy competitive relationship,” and “For the proportional vote, a practical centrist party and a rational reform opposition becoming the first party is not a division of the opposition but an expansion of the overall opposition pie. When the opposition fights against the unfairness of the Moon Jae-in administration, they must unite, but there should be active innovative competition over the status of alternative forces.”

Ahn said, “Satellite parties for proportional representation not only deny the purpose of the law but also restrict the people’s right to choose and undermine the essence of party politics itself, so it is in the national interest to judge and expel them regardless of ruling or opposition,” concluding, “I look forward to the great judgment and choice of the people for the realization of hopeful and unified politics.”

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