Yoo Seung-min: "If the Lee Jun-seok regime collapses, the presidential election is doomed... The emergency committee means ruining the election"
[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, said on the 22nd, "I strongly urge the forces that are trying to shake Party Leader Lee Jun-seok to please stop now."
After meeting with small business owners in front of Hongdae on the same day, Yoo told reporters, "If the Lee leadership collapses, I believe the presidential election is a guaranteed loss," adding, "I hope the party leader and the party leadership stop shaking each other and that the candidates and the leadership each faithfully fulfill their roles and quickly return to such a state."
Former lawmaker and People Power Party presidential candidate Yoo Seung-min is meeting with small business owners in front of Hongdae on the 22nd. / Photo by Yoo Seung-min Campaign Team
View original imageYoo said, "Since the 2016 general election, we have never had a normal leadership system," and added, "I believe that our people and party members want our opposition party to properly prepare for the presidential election, and that this system reflects the public's desire for the opposition party to change and prepare properly. But to destroy this system here and move to a provisional leadership committee means ruining the presidential election."
He also said, "They do this even to the elected leadership, so how can an unelected leadership have any authority to conduct this presidential election?"
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Regarding Leader Lee, Yoo also urged, "The leader should be more restrained and choose words carefully."
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