Yoon Seok-yeol and Ahn Cheol-soo's 'One Team' Move in Busan... "We Will Achieve National Unity"

Yoon Seok-yeol "I will develop Busan into a financial city"
Ahn Cheol-soo emphasizes the need to attract private companies

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is appealing for support together with Ahn Cheol-soo, the leader of the People Party, at a campaign event in front of Oncheoncheon in Yeonje-gu, Busan, on the afternoon of the 8th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kum Boryeong] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Ahn Cheol-soo, the leader of the People’s Party, visited Busan on the 8th, showing a 'One Team' approach.

During a campaign rally near Oncheoncheon in Yeonje-gu, Busan, Yoon said, "We will quickly merge with Ahn’s People’s Party to broaden the values and goals of the People Power Party, cherish more public opinions, and achieve national unity."

Yoon emphasized, "National unity is not just a coalition among people with different understandings. It means uniting with those who agree on the values of liberal democracy and the rule of law."

Ahn, who also visited his hometown Busan, appealed for support for Yoon. He said, "Creating the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (Bu-Ul-Gyeong) megacity metropolitan economic zone is important, and transportation networks are at its core. Together with the elected candidate, we will definitely establish a proper metropolitan transportation network to vitalize logistics and human exchange in Bu-Ul-Gyeong." He added, "The person to entrust this task to is candidate Yoon."

Both Yoon and Ahn particularly emphasized the development of Busan. Yoon stated, "Starting with placing the Korea Development Bank in Busan, we will bring a world-class investment bank to Busan to promote industrial development and make it a truly global maritime city." He added, "We will develop Busan into a financial city."

Yoon also said, "Busan has great weather and climate, making it a very livable place. If we beautify Busan a little more, it can become a much more beautiful and splendid world-class port city. Then tourism will naturally follow."

Ahn argued that attracting private companies is necessary. He said, "Governments have been sending down public enterprises, but it hasn’t been very effective. People just work during the week and leave on weekends. The key is attracting private companies, but since the central government holds all the money and legal authority, Busan cannot attract private companies." He added, "If candidate Yoon becomes president, I will request that the central government return the legal authority and financial rights it monopolizes to the citizens of Busan and the Busan local government."

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