Kim Jae-won: "People Power Party Must Protect Yoon Seok-yeol and Choi Jae-hyung... Extend a Hand to Work Together"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, urged on the 24th that protective measures should also be taken for opposition presidential candidates outside the party. He argued that openly expressing the intention to join early would make the process of creating a unified opposition candidate easier.

At the People Power Party Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Kim said, "We cannot just stand by because they are candidates who have not simply joined our party," and added, "I believe we must actively respond to the Democratic Party's actions."

He emphasized, "Our party aims to be a platform party that produces a unified opposition candidate in this presidential election," and "The process of creating a unified opposition candidate is a key strategy and the sure path to victory in the election."

Kim stated, "If the opposition is divided, we cannot win the presidential election and will surely lose," and "Efforts must be made to create a unified opposition candidate. Even opposition figures who have not joined the party, including Choi Jae-hyung, the Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection who is currently a public official, should be accompanied and protected by us." He continued, "Only by instilling a sense of reassurance that we will go together and expressing this intention can they easily participate."

This means that the People Power Party should proactively take protective measures for both former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, who has been embroiled in controversy over the Yoon Seok-youl X-file, and Chairman Choi, who is considering running for president despite his current status as the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection.

He said, "To join us, they must go through the primary process, and they will only join if they are confident that the primary will be conducted fairly and reasonably," and asked, "If protective measures are not provided for their personal situations, would they be able to join us?"

He added, "If the process of creating a unified opposition candidate fails, how can we handle the aftermath? I earnestly ask the party not to be bound by formal logic but to actively step forward while thinking together about this."

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