Park Min-sik: "I will unify candidacy with Lee Eon-ju 25 days before the election"

"Final Opinions to Be Aligned After Today's Busan TV Debate"

Park Min-sik, a former lawmaker and a candidate in the People Power Party's Busan mayoral primary, held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 18th to disclose illegal wiretapping activities by the National Intelligence Service during the Kim Dae-jung administration, related to remarks made by Park Ji-won, the Director of the National Intelligence Service, on the 16th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Park Min-sik, a preliminary candidate from the People Power Party running in the Busan mayoral by-election, announced that discussions for unification with preliminary candidate Lee Eon-ju are underway.

On the 18th, Park said in a phone interview with Asia Economy, "We are positively considering unification with preliminary candidate Lee Eon-ju."

He added, "After finishing today's Busan mayoral election TV debate, I plan to finalize opinions with candidate Lee," and explained, "We have had many discussions about unification with candidate Lee, and there was a consensus."

He continued, "A unified candidate must emerge before the People Power Party's joint debate for Busan mayoral candidates on the 25th," and stated, "We will discuss with candidate Lee and announce it before then."

He also said, "Previously, we discussed a 'three-way unification' including preliminary candidate Park Seong-hoon with candidate Lee, but since I have not made a decision yet, we plan to talk further."

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