Kim Geun-sik: "If Ahn wins as candidate number 4, the party name should be included in the unification poll"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kim Geun-sik, head of the Vision Strategy Office of the People Power Party, argued that the 'party name' must be included in the public opinion polls related to the unification of opposition candidates. He stated that even considering the basics of party politics, excluding the party name cannot be considered.

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On the 16th, Kim said through social networking services (SNS), "Unification is about selecting one candidate among two party candidates," and added, "The public opinion poll for this is not a simple popularity or approval survey. It is a de facto election act to select one candidate among two party candidates. Does it make sense to vote only by candidate name without party notation in an election vote?"

The working negotiation teams representing Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party's Seoul mayoral candidate, and Ahn Cheol-soo, the People's Party's Seoul mayoral candidate, met at the National Assembly in the afternoon to discuss the public opinion polls scheduled for the 17th and 18th. Both sides intend to announce a unified candidate on the last day of candidate registration, the 19th, after conducting the polls for two days. The People Power Party insists that the party name should be reflected in the polls, while the People's Party argues that the polls should be conducted using only the candidate's name.

Regarding this, Kim criticized, "When a candidate keeps leading in the polls, they claim that if unified under themselves, they can win the general election not as candidate number 2 but as number 4," and said, "The person who was confident of winning the general election as number 4 from the People's Party now argues to exclude the party in the unification primary. Is this nonsense or Makgeolli?"

He continued, "Since they were confident in the general election as number 4, it is only natural to include the party name in the primary as well," and urged, "Please stop changing your position conveniently back and forth."

Kim stated, "If you boldly claim that only a People's Party candidate can win the general election, it is only right to proudly declare yourself as a People's Party candidate in the primary as well," and criticized, "It makes no sense to win the general election as a People's Party candidate but lose the primary as a People's Party candidate."

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