Lee Jun-seok on Ahn Cheol-soo Mentioning 'Oh Naegok-dong Allegations': "Negative Campaigning Until the Day of the Poll"

Ahn Cheol-soo and Oh Se-hoon Directly Criticize: "The Naegok-dong Issue Is Spreading"

Former Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party (now People Power Party). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Former Future United Party (now People Power Party) Supreme Council member Lee Jun-seok criticized Ahn Cheol-soo, the People’s Party candidate for Seoul mayor, on the 22nd, saying, "The negative campaigning until the day of the opinion poll is intense."

Lee posted on his Facebook that day, "Now that hitting Kim Jong-in, the emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, seems ineffective, they are directly attacking the candidate," expressing this view.

He sarcastically said, "I really don’t know where it all went wrong when they say they want to meet Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, in the afternoon," adding, "Is it a lack of empathy? A deficiency in social skills? No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know what it is. Is this new politics?"

Earlier, after the party’s Supreme Council meeting ended that day, Ahn held a press conference and said regarding Oh’s alleged ‘self-compensation’ in Naegok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, "The Naegok-dong issue is spreading," and added, "If new facts are revealed and witnesses come forward to testify about the incident at that time, the election could be held with the opposition candidate having withdrawn."

He also emphasized that he is "a candidate who will not be hindered by various problems in city administration over the past five years, a candidate who can question the opponent throughout the election period rather than being questioned and making excuses," and said, "I, the 'flawless candidate' who will not be shaken by any attack, will return Seoul to the hands of Seoul citizens."

Meanwhile, Oh is under suspicion of being involved in designating Naegok-dong, which includes his in-laws’ land, as a public housing site during his tenure as Seoul mayor. Oh has stated that he will resign from the candidacy if internal testimonies related to the allegations emerge.

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