Ahn Cheol-soo: "Lee Nak-yeon, Escape and Join the Democratic Party... I Will Accompany You"

As the arrest of former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil, who was identified as the pinnacle of the money envelope distribution suspicion during the Democratic Party convention, was confirmed on the 18th, Ahn Cheol-soo, a member of the People Power Party, proposed to former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon to "come to the ruling party."

On the 19th, Ahn said on his social media (SNS), "Former leader Song was arrested after reaching the peak of hypocrisy. Taking this opportunity, I hope former leader Lee will also escape from the Democratic Party and come to the ruling party."

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Ahn stated, "There are two types of people leaving the Democratic Party. One group includes former leader Song, Representative Kim Nam-guk, Representative Yoon Kwan-seok, Representative Lee Sung-man, and others involved in money-related cases, and the phrase 'birds of a feather flock together' fits them best. On the other hand, there is another group who escaped from the 'Lee Jae-myung and Gaeddal dictatorship party,' including Representative Lee Sang-min, whom I met last week, Representative Yang Hyang-ja, Representative Cho Jung-hoon, and former Representative Geum Tae-seop."

'Gaeddal' is a slang term referring to the strong fandom of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader. Former leader Lee recently criticized the strong fandom and leadership within the Democratic Party and hinted at the possibility of founding a new party. Ahn also met with Lee, who left the Democratic Party, on the 15th and formed a consensus criticizing fandom politics in the Democratic Party, requesting the party to recruit Lee.

Ahn said, "Former leader Lee has spent his life protecting democracy, living a righteous life, and is a person who is careful with his words and actions. He does not fit with the current hypocritical Democratic Party. Although he wants to create a new Democratic Party, those who have shared hardships like brothers may not share the same will due to next year's general election. I hope he will come to the People Power Party and work together for a great cause."

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