Ahn Cheol-soo Targets TK: "Lee Gives Away Taxes, Yoon's Domestic-Focused Lawyer Can't See the Future"

On the First Day of Official Election Campaign, Heading to TK to Win Conservative Support
"Following President Park Jeonghee, I Will Create a Second Miracle on the Han River"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, began his campaign in the conservative stronghold of Daegu and Gyeongbuk on the first official day of electioneering, the 15th. He expressed his determination to unite conservative opposition supporters by mentioning former President Park Chung-hee and the Second Miracle on the Han River. After campaigning in Daegu, Ahn plans to immediately move to Gumi, Gyeongbuk, visit the birthplace of former President Park, and hold a campaign rally at Gumi Station Central Market.

On that day, Ahn climbed onto a campaign vehicle in front of Hyundai Department Store in Banwoldang, Daegu, took the microphone, and declared, “I will surely create the Second Miracle on the Han River, following President Park Chung-hee.”

Ahn said, “I started politics to solve youth issues,” and listed the three most important tasks he would undertake as president. He said, “I will create jobs for the youth and develop future growth engines,” adding, “Just as President Park Chung-hee developed science and technology through the Five-Year Economic Development Plan to create the Miracle on the Han River, I will follow in his footsteps to create the Second Miracle on the Han River through a second science and technology powerhouse.” Ahn continued, “I will build a fair and righteous country,” and said, “A fair country is only possible when the leader of the nation and their family are moral.”

Ahn targeted the two major parties, emphasizing the importance of stopping giveaway policies. He said, “The two major parties with vested interests are both implementing giveaway and populist policies,” and stressed, “My political goal is to create youth jobs, build a fair country, stop politicians’ giveaway policies, reduce youth suicide rates, and increase our birth rate.”

Ahn also criticized Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party together. He called Lee “a person who gives away tax money,” and said, “I am not someone who depletes the national treasury but someone who will fill it.” Regarding Yoon, a former prosecutor general, he referred to him as a “domestic-use lawyer,” saying, “A domestic-use lawyer who has spent his life looking only at the past cannot see the future. If you don’t know, you can’t see.”

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