Joeunhee: "Ahn Cheol-soo Already Acting Like Mayor, Focus on Seoul Citizens First"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Jo Eun-hee, head of Seocho District Office and member of the People Power Party who declared her candidacy for the Seoul mayoral by-election, criticized Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, saying, "He already seems like he has become the mayor and is acting as if he is on a presidential campaign trail. Recently, Seoul citizens are nowhere to be seen in his actions."

On the 13th, Jo said on her Facebook, "Looking at his recent actions, he seems too 'up' and intoxicated by his approval ratings. I thought he had changed, but it seems he is just the 'past Ahn Cheol-soo' who repeatedly disappointed citizens and the public," she said.

Regarding Ahn’s recent meetings with lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo, professor Kim Dong-gil, former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and his visits to Daegu and Busan, she said, "His actions are completely detached from the lives and problem-solving of the ten million Seoul citizens," and asked, "Is he running for Seoul mayor or president right now?"

Jo criticized, "His stubbornness about unifying opposition candidates is really something," adding, "Where did the original intention go, which said any form of unification was fine? He seems to have changed his words and now insists that opposition candidate unification is only possible 'centered around me.'"

She added, "There is growing concern whether he will willingly accept an opposition unification led by someone else, or if he will withdraw again if things don’t go his way, or if he will run independently and become a public enemy of the opposition again, as in the past when he helped bring about the incompetent Moon Jae-in government and Democratic Party mayor."

Jo said, "Citizens are demanding a capable figure who can embrace the lives of Seoul citizens and improve their quality of life, rather than a central politician afflicted with presidential ambitions," and pointed out, "Didn’t Leader Ahn also say he would abandon vested interests and participate in fair and passionate debates and competition on solutions for the livelihood economy, infectious disease response, and housing stability?"

She stated, "The candidate’s biggest enemy is the candidate himself," and more precisely, "the candidate’s arrogance trapped in the vested interest of the prevailing theory." She emphasized, "Opposition unification must put citizens at the center, not be driven by political elders on the sidelines while calculating and pushing for unification."

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