Yoon: "Just before unification agreement, received notice of breakdown from Ahn... Will not lose hope" (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporters Naju-seok and Park Joon-yi] Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, announced on the 27th that although he had reached a final agreement in unification talks with Ahn Cheol-soo, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, he received a notification of breakdown from Ahn's side. Yoon expressed his continued hope to negotiate directly with Ahn.

At a press conference held at the party headquarters that day, Yoon revealed the negotiation process, saying, "I sincerely did my best for unification with candidate Ahn."

He introduced, "Our party members and authorized representatives from both sides met and continued serious unification negotiations," adding, "A final agreement was reached, and only the schedule for a meeting between candidate Ahn and myself remained." Yoon said, "This morning, I held a press conference and accepted a request to publicly propose a meeting to candidate Ahn, and it was decided that the meeting's time and place would be determined and notified," but "unfortunately, at 9 a.m. today, I received the final notification of the breakdown of unification."

Despite the notification of breakdown from candidate Ahn, Yoon stated, "If candidate Ahn sets the time and place, even if I am on my way to the provinces, I would turn the car around anytime to meet him directly and have an open-hearted conversation," and added, "I will not let go of the hope for opposition unity for regime change, which is the aspiration of the people."

Yoon confirmed that the polling method demanded by candidate Ahn during the unification negotiation process was not discussed, and that the negotiation channels were led by People Power Party lawmaker Jang Je-won on Yoon's side and Lee Tae-gyu, the general election campaign headquarters chief of the People Party, on Ahn's side.

During the Q&A session with reporters, Yoon informed, "On our side, lawmaker Jang was in charge, and on the other side, headquarters chief Lee was responsible."

Regarding the unification method through polling, which candidate Ahn had presented as the sole condition for unification, Yoon explained that it was not even mentioned during the actual negotiation process. He said, "During the unification discussions between the authorized representatives, the topic of polling never came up even once."

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