Ahn Cheol-soo: "Presidential Election Verification Differs in Scale and Depth... Verification Committee Must Be Established"

"Public Opinion Verification Alone Is Not Enough... Fact-Based Verification Is Needed to Completely Eliminate Doubts"

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, is holding an 'Emergency Proposal Press Conference on the Presidential Election Situation' at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 19th. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, proposed that "a 'Joint Candidate Verification Committee' should be established to handle the various allegations against the major party presidential candidates."

On the 20th, Ahn appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "If this presidential election turns into a mudslinging contest, everyone will end up as losers."

Earlier, on the 19th, Ahn held a press conference at the National Assembly and argued that a Joint Candidate Verification Committee under the National Election Commission should be established to verify the morality and misconduct allegations of presidential candidates and their families, leaving the verification to the committee while candidates compete based on their future visions.

Ahn added, "Only fact-based verification can completely dispel these allegations," and pointed out, "If we rely solely on public opinion verification, these issues will likely persist until the end of the presidential election."

He also said, "'There is no problem because they have already been verified during their public service' is a statement made without understanding that verification during public service and verification during a presidential election differ in scale and depth."

Regarding the composition of the verification committee, he said, "I think about one-third of the verification committee members should be recommended by political parties, and the remaining two-thirds should be neutral figures agreed upon by both sides," adding, "(Concerns about neutrality) can be quickly resolved if there is the will."

Furthermore, Ahn emphasized, "A leader must be clean to fight vested interests and carry out genuine reforms for the people," and stressed, "Without moral superiority, reforms cannot be made, nor can social grand compromises be achieved."

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