Ahn Cheol-soo: "I Have Never Considered Nor Planned to Be a Unified Candidate for Seoul Mayor"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, stated on the 23rd that he has "never thought about it and has no plans to consider" running as the unified opposition candidate in next year’s Seoul mayoral by-election.

After the Supreme Council meeting that day, Ahn told reporters, "What is important now is that the political sphere must take responsibility and resolve the situation where the people are divided in half."

Earlier, Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, responded on MBC Radio’s 'Kim Jong-bae’s Focus' that there is "a possibility" of unifying the opposition’s Seoul mayoral candidate.

After the emergency committee meeting, Floor Leader Joo also said, "Since (Ahn) is the strongest critic of the Moon administration, he shares our views," and added, "If the Democratic Party does not follow its party constitution and uses tricks to nominate a Seoul mayoral candidate, we believe we can join forces to block that."

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