Controversy Over Lee·Yoon Recording... Ahn Cheol-soo Says "Only the Recording Comes Out"

Ahn Cheol-soo, presidential candidate of the People Party.

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, criticized the current presidential election phase by saying, “All that is coming out are just recordings.”

On the 22nd, Candidate Ahn held a meeting with supporters at a cafe in Jinju, Gyeongnam, stating, “I am the only one talking about the future.” The recordings he referred to appear to be related to Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party candidate’s ‘sister-in-law insult recording’ controversy and Kim Gun-hee, the wife of People Power Party candidate Yoon Seok-youl’s ‘7-hour recording.’

He continued, “If I face Lee Jae-myung one-on-one, the difference is very large,” but emphasized, “In the Yoon Seok-youl versus Lee Jae-myung match-up, it’s almost similar or fluctuates within the margin of error.”

He also claimed, “The current government has too many means,” adding, “Because they are distributing money and using secret information, if the current polls are almost neck and neck, the probability of losing in the actual election is high.”

At a meeting with reporters after the gathering, he pointed out, “Until now, the two entrenched parties have been exchanging power, haven’t they?” and said, “After changing the government, they settle in those positions and repeatedly show the appearance of becoming new deep-rooted evils, so many people feel that this is not a change of government but a change of deep-rooted evils.”

Regarding the direction of the ‘two-party TV debate’ between ruling and opposition candidates, he asserted, “An unfair attitude that only sees vested interests will rather cause a backlash.”

He then evaluated himself, saying, “In the 70-year history of the Republic of Korea, people who have lived outside the two major parties for 10 years are even said to be a record. Because I cannot tolerate unjust politics and want to try to change it.”

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