People Power Party Gwangju Branch: "If I do it, it's 'unification'; if others do, it's 'collusion'?double standards"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The conflict between the Democratic Party and the People Power Party is intense over the unification of presidential candidates Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Party.

As the Democratic Party disparaged it as a 'secret deal,' the People Power Party launched a counterattack.

The People Power Party Gwangju Metropolitan City Party asked in a press release on the 3rd, "Is it a secret deal when others do it, but unification when we do it?"

The People Power Party Gwangju City Party criticized, "Democratic Party lawmakers in the Gwangju region, city and district council members, and the election countermeasures committee held a press conference on the same day and condemned the opposition unification as a 'vile secret deal.' The Democratic Party's view of the unification between candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and candidate Ahn Cheol-soo as a secret deal is an anachronistic perspective."

They continued, "Was former President Kim Dae-jung, who was elected through the 1997 'DJP Alliance,' also involved in a secret deal? If so, then the unification between candidate Lee Jae-myung and candidate Kim Dong-yeon should also be seen as a 'vile secret deal,' which would be a denial of the Democratic Party Gwangju City Party itself," they emphasized.

Furthermore, they argued, "The unification of candidates Yoon and Ahn is a response to the public sentiment desiring a regime change," adding, "Throughout this election, public opinion supporting regime change was about 20% higher than the sentiment favoring regime continuation. The opposition unification was a mandate from more than half of the people."

They concluded, "We hope the Democratic Party Gwangju City Party will no longer incite Gwangju citizens by calling the opposition unification a secret deal and will play fair until the end of the election campaign," adding, "Public sentiment is the will of heaven."

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