Lee Taegyu "Yoon's Disclosure of Negotiation Details Proves He Is a Force That Will Do Anything to Avoid Responsibility"

"Meeting with Jang Je-won was a negotiation to explore practical-level communication"
"There was an underlying mutual trust issue behind the unification, confirming that the decision to break off was correct"

Lee Tae-gyu, Chief of the General Election Headquarters of the People’s Party [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 27th, the People’s Party reacted strongly to Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, revealing the details of negotiations with Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, stating, "It has once again confirmed that they are an untrustworthy force capable of doing anything to evade responsibility."

Lee Tae-gyu, the general headquarters chief of the People’s Party, announced to reporters on the same day, "The fact that the candidate (People Power Party) personally disclosed the secret negotiations initiated at their request and made unilateral claims is a contradictory act that denies the sincerity of unification while claiming it exists," adding, "Ultimately, the background of the failed unification was rooted in trust issues between both sides, and today’s press conference reaffirmed that they are an untrustworthy force capable of doing anything to evade responsibility."

Lee also argued that the unification negotiations were not conducted by plenipotentiary representatives. He explained, "It is true that yesterday and today, opinions on the direction of unification were exchanged with Yoon’s side, but this was because after the declaration of the breakdown of unification, Ahn received a barrage of text messages causing his phone to be paralyzed, and Yoon personally called Ahn and sent messages asking to meet, while the working-level staff continuously requested meetings and consultations. Therefore, it was judged necessary at the working level to confirm Yoon’s intentions," adding, "Yesterday’s meeting was held in the capacity of the campaign headquarters chief, not as a plenipotentiary negotiator, with Ahn’s awareness, to verify Yoon’s sincerity and the direction and plan of unification, meeting yesterday afternoon and early this morning."

He stated, "Opinions related to unification were exchanged between both sides, but Yoon’s proposed direction and content of unification were deemed insufficient to guarantee mutual trust, so no final decision was reached this morning," and added, "The main reason for not reaching a final decision was the trust issue despite various rhetoric shown by Yoon’s side after the unification proposal. Ultimately, seeing them unilaterally expose everything to suit their excuses and preferences when things did not go their way confirmed that the final judgment to distrust the various proposals from Yoon’s side was correct."

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