Song Young-gil: "Failure of Opposition Unification, Result of People Power's Contempt for Ahn"

Song Young-gil, the Standing Election Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, is announcing the additional housing supply policy for the metropolitan area at the party headquarters on the 20th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 20th regarding Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, declaring the failure of the opposition candidate unification, "I think it is the result of the People Power Party side, including Lee Jun-seok and Yoon Seok-yeol, insulting and humiliating candidate Ahn."

Leader Song said this during a meeting with reporters after a press conference at the party headquarters in the afternoon. Earlier, candidate Ahn held an emergency press conference at the National Assembly in the afternoon and expressed his determination to run until the end of the presidential election, saying, "I have concluded that it is meaningless to wait for any further response" regarding the ‘opposition unification.’

The Democratic Party also emphasized that it is ready to form a unified government by accepting the main agendas proposed by candidate Ahn. Leader Song said, "As I have consistently stated, candidate Lee has fully accepted Ahn’s claim for a science and technology powerhouse and incorporated it into the pledge for the Vice Minister of Science and Technology," adding, "Beyond the engineering unification in this election, we always have an open attitude to form a unified government even if we come to power."

Regarding candidate Ahn’s campaign vehicle accident and his wife Kim Mi-kyung’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Leader Song said, "I offer my sincere condolences and hope for a speedy recovery. I hope they overcome the wounds and rise again."

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