Lee Jun-seok: "There was a proposal to make Ahn Cheol-soo quit the presidential race from the People's Party"... Ahn Cheol-soo: "Go ahead and expose it"

by Na Juseok

Published 23 Feb.2022 13:59(KST)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 23rd, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, also introduced that there was a movement within the People’s Party to make candidate Ahn give up on completing the presidential race. In response, Ahn Cheol-soo, the People’s Party presidential candidate, protested, saying, "Let it explode."

On the same day, Lee appeared on MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Focus’ and claimed that some People’s Party officials had said they would make candidate Ahn give up on completing the presidential race. He said, "You need to be careful about the words and actions of People’s Party officials because some of them have proposed to our side, regardless of Ahn Cheol-soo’s intentions, to make candidate Ahn give up on the presidential race," adding, "(This official) is one of the people who are making a lot of noise right now."

Lee mentioned, "I don’t know if candidate Ahn knows, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are characters like Mi Bang and the deputies Beom Gang and Jang Dal." Mi Bang betrayed Guan Yu, and Beom Gang and Jang Dal betrayed Zhang Fei, respectively.

At a press meeting with reporters in the Ulsan region, candidate Ahn responded to Lee’s remarks by saying, "You could just tell me," and "I don’t understand why they keep doing that."

Regarding unification, Ahn said, "If there were a national primary, I thought there was a much higher chance that I would lose," but added, "Since it was the direction many citizens wanted, I made that proposal." On the demand for the primary method, he explained, "I thought it was not desirable to bow my head while hurting the hearts and pride of party members and supporters who support me personally."