Oh Se-hoon: "Ahn Cheol-soo Only Talks About Acceptance, No Concrete Details"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, criticized Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party, saying that Ahn only verbally accepted the public opinion poll method but there are no concrete details.

Oh held a press conference at the National Assembly communication office on the 19th and said, "This morning, Ahn said here that he accepted everything, but that is not the case at all."

Earlier, Ahn said, "I will accept the unification plan requested by Kim Jong-in, the emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, and Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor," adding, "Even if it is disadvantageous and unreasonable to me, I will endure it if unification can be achieved quickly."

Lee Tae-gyu, secretary general of the People’s Party, told reporters after the press conference, "The strongest demand from the People Power Party side was to reflect landline phones in the public opinion poll," and explained, "This is what we agreed to carry out."

However, Oh said, "I exchanged text messages with Ahn last night and called him early this morning. I told him I wanted to meet before candidate registration, and we met at 9:30. At today’s meeting, I said we should not stop unification negotiations and must continue, and that we should definitely reach an agreement before the official campaign period starting on the 25th. There was a principled agreement on that part."

He continued, "But shortly after parting, Ahn held a press conference right here," adding, "Considering the press conference and the (secretary general’s) back briefing, it was just a new request for negotiations."

He said, "From our side, it was only a request to continue and resume negotiations, and there was no new content. It is unclear how much Ahn has accepted. It is only verbal acceptance without concrete details."

Oh said, "Regardless of who becomes the unified candidate, we agreed this morning that the candidate who is not selected will do their best to support the campaign and ensure that the candidate wins. Please trust us on that point."

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