Lee Taegyu "Why is Lee Junseok attacking Ahn Cheolsoo... Is it because of rejecting the merger proposal?"

Urgent Press Conference Held: Lee Jun-seok Proposes Party Merger and More
'Traitor' Mentioned by Lee Jun-seok... "Please Reveal for the Sake of Correcting Politics"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Lee Tae-gyu, Chief of the National Election Countermeasures Headquarters of the People’s Party, questioned the reason why Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, has been criticizing and attacking Ahn Cheol-soo, the People’s Party presidential candidate.

At an urgent press briefing on the 23rd, Lee revealed that Lee Jun-seok had proposed a merger related to the unification of presidential candidates. He said, "If necessary, Lee can meet Ahn directly to talk," but added, "Judging only from Lee’s proposal, I don’t think there is any reason for him to continuously make politically unethical criticisms and attacks against Ahn." He continued, "We want to know Lee’s true intentions," and said, "Is this an emotional backlash because we ignored Lee’s proposal, a double play from the start, or a division of roles between Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party presidential candidate, and Lee as good cop and bad cop? We want to hear about it."

Previously, Lee Jun-seok had taken a tough stance against Ahn in various media interviews. On this day as well, Lee mentioned, "People related to the People’s Party should be careful with their words and actions, as some have made proposals to our side to make Ahn give up his presidential run regardless of Ahn Cheol-soo’s intentions."

Lee Tae-gyu explained, "Considering that Lee is the leader of a public party, there are parts I am not mentioning," and added, "I was curious about the reason and sincerity behind Lee’s continuous criticisms and attacks on Ahn. This is not something only I should know, but something everyone should be aware of."

He said, "Moreover, despite unfortunate events during the election period, defamatory campaigns have continuously been produced and spread by the People Power Party, and Lee made statements that distort the truth," adding, "Today, he even brought in a ‘traitor’ frame to sow discord internally. I want to clearly address this."

Regarding Lee’s mention of a traitor within the People’s Party, Lee Tae-gyu said, "I don’t think it’s entirely baseless," and added, "It’s better to clarify this to correct politics. It’s better to stop politics that only create big doubts and then fade away over time."

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