An, Countering Oh: "I am Definitely a Candidate Who Can Win"

"Certain Candidate vs Uncertain Candidate, Who Will You Choose?"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Ahn Cheol-soo, the People's Party candidate for Seoul mayor, emphasized his competitiveness in the general election by stating, "I am a candidate who can definitely win." He expressed confidence that he could be chosen as the unified opposition candidate, claiming superiority in competitiveness over Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, whose approval ratings have recently been rising.

On the 10th, after visiting the Seoul City Hall Citizen Health Bureau in Jung-gu, Seoul, Ahn responded to a question about "Oh's rising approval ratings" by saying, "I am a candidate who can definitely win," and added, "I want to ask opposition supporters who they would choose between a candidate who can definitely win under any circumstances and a candidate whose potential is uncertain."

This appears to be Ahn's way of checking Oh, with whom he is currently negotiating for opposition unification, while emphasizing that his chances of winning in the upcoming main election are higher.

On the same day, Ahn explained the reason for the rising approval ratings of opposition candidates, saying, "Various problems of the government are being revealed now. In particular, the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) incident has caused a lot of emotional wounds to the public."

Regarding the 'vision presentation meeting' method proposed earlier by Oh during his visit to a shopping area in Myeong-dong, Seoul, Ahn said, "The vision presentation meeting is actually something we have continuously proposed since starting debates with former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop," adding, "I think it is a good opportunity to inform the public that opposition candidates have such plans."

He continued, "I am grateful that Oh also readily agreed to it," and stated, "It is not important who did it first, but through this, we will be able to explain to the public and citizens how we plan to develop Seoul in the future."

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