Kwon Seong-dong: "Yoon Seok-yeol is a realist... Will join People Power Party to challenge for presidency"

Possibility of Joining the People Power Party Predicted
"Signal of Possible Entry into the People Power Party"
"Yoon's Long Silence... Needs to Quickly Reveal Philosophy and Vision"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is casting his vote at the early voting station set up at Namgajwa 1-dong Community Center in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, during the early voting day for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Ju-hyung] Kwon Seong-dong, a member of the People Power Party who recently met with Yoon Seok-yeol, a leading opposition presidential candidate and former Prosecutor General, described Yoon as a "realist" and predicted the possibility of Yoon joining the People Power Party.

In an interview with KBS Radio's 'Choi Kyung-young's Strongest Current Affairs' on the 2nd, Kwon said, "I talked with (former Prosecutor General Yoon) for nearly four hours," and added, "The fact that he met with me and our party members is a political expression that he intends to challenge the presidency together with the People Power Party, not from a third zone."

According to Kwon, the two met on the afternoon of the 29th of last month in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Having spent their childhoods in Gangneung, the two are also friends born in the same year, 1960.

Regarding this, Kwon emphasized, "Former Prosecutor General Yoon is an extraordinary realist, who quickly understands the current situation better than anyone else and, after comprehensively considering various factors, once he makes a decision, he proceeds straightforwardly."

He continued, "Considering that he pondered and decided to meet me, I interpret it as a signal that he will eventually join the People Power Party," and added, "(Although I haven't heard his direct intention) since we are not new to politics, we understand each other intuitively, so it must be so."

He also said, "Speaking personally, Yoon's period of silence has been long, and there is some fatigue among the public," and emphasized, "I think it would be better the sooner he comes forward to the public to reveal his thoughts, philosophy, and vision."

Meanwhile, as the possibility of former Prosecutor General Yoon joining the People Power Party is raised, there have been 'love calls' from within the party.

Lee Jun-seok, former Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, who has been causing a stir in the recent party leadership race, wrote on his Facebook on the 2nd, "Our party is a capable party," and stated, "If (former Prosecutor General Yoon) boards our party's bus, we will take care of him safely and comfortably."

He added, "We must be a platform that many presidential candidates can find, and our party members have the duty to share the party's values and policies with all new members and to cherish and protect each other," emphasizing, "This is a fundamental principle that must be upheld regardless of who they are."

He concluded, "We welcome everyone who boards our party's bus," and "We will take care of them safely and comfortably."

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