Kwon Young-se: "Unification, It's Important for Yoon to Meet Ahn, But They Can't Meet... Practical Difficulties"

Changes in approval ratings related to candidate unification are still small
"Kim Jong-in is a sensible person, so he will not join the Democratic Party"

Kwon Young-se, head of the People Power Party's election campaign headquarters, is attending the full meeting of the election campaign headquarters held at the National Assembly on the 14th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kwon Young-se, the head of the People Power Party's general election campaign headquarters, expressed difficulties regarding unification with Ahn Cheol-soo, the People Power Party's presidential candidate.

On the 1st, after concluding the expanded election campaign headquarters meeting of the People Power Party, Kwon met with reporters and said, "According to the press conference held by our candidate (Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate), Ahn said he receives so many calls that he cannot answer them, but even when we call, we cannot get through. In this situation, practical negotiations are denied every time," adding, "It is important for him to meet, but he cannot, so there are practical difficulties."

He refuted the claim that the People’s Party set the unification method through public opinion polls as a precondition. Earlier, Yoon and others stated that the method of unification through public opinion polls was not discussed during the unification negotiations with the People Power Party.

Regarding this, Kwon said, "There is no way to confirm whether they had it in mind," but added, "In any case, what I heard from everyone who participated in the negotiations is that there was not a single word about unification through public opinion polls at the negotiation table, which is an objective fact."

On the impact of candidate unification on public opinion, he said, "There does not seem to be a significant change yet," but added, "We will have to wait and see how it turns out."

Regarding the Democratic Party’s love call to Kim Jong-in, former head of the People Power Party’s general election campaign committee, he said, "Dr. Kim is a sensible person and was the campaign committee chairman until recently, so I believe he will not move lightly."

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