Lee Jun-seok: "If Ahn Cheol-soo Makes a Bold Decision for Regime Change, He Will Receive Appropriate Respect"

"Feeling Insecure About Ahn Cheol-soo? What Is There to Feel Insecure About?"

Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, attended a meeting hosted by the Goyang City Party Members' Council on Jungang-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 8th, responding to questions from party members.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, stated on the 9th, "If Ahn Cheol-soo, the candidate of the People’s Party, makes a bold decision to join the cause of regime change, our party will naturally give him the appropriate courtesy."

On the same day, Lee appeared on SBS's 'Joo Young-jin's News Briefing' in the afternoon and said, "If Candidate Ahn chooses any method such as withdrawing and declaring support for Candidate Yoon, the public will give great praise to Ahn’s political skills even before our party shows courtesy for such a big decision."

Regarding his comment that "given Ahn’s situation, a unification through opinion polls is unreasonable," Lee said, "unification often means competitive unification through opinion polls," adding, "However, I strongly oppose that."

He pointed out, "Our candidate’s philosophy and my belief is that we can always work with those who have a clear stance to join us for regime change," and added, "but I have seen Ahn’s political moves many times, such as during the Bareunmirae Party and the Seoul mayoral unification. Sometimes, due to that ambiguity, there were political moves that rather did not create synergy."

Lee also said, "It is a big misunderstanding to think that I make various political judgments because of a personal relationship with Candidate Ahn," and criticized, "Some claim that I feel a sense of inferiority toward Ahn. What reason would I have to feel inferior to him? Although we both have been party leaders, our party is bigger, so why would I feel any inferiority? I think such interpretations can lead to a wrong understanding in this situation."

When the host asked if Lee plans to meet Candidate Ahn for his decision, Lee drew a line by saying, "It is not necessary." He said, "If Candidate Yoon trusts Candidate Ahn, and Candidate Ahn trusts Candidate Yoon, then no long talks are needed, and intermediaries should not get involved. It should be a conversation between solitary leaders."

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