Yang Hyang-ja, the floor leader of the Reform New Party running in Yongin Gap, Gyeonggi Province, hinted at the possibility of unification with Lee Won-mo, the candidate from the People Power Party, in this general election.


On the 25th, Yang said on TV Chosun's YouTube channel Gang Punch, "If we hold a unification primary with candidate Lee Won-mo based solely on personal career without party names, I am willing to accept it."


He proposed, "Let's properly judge who the people of Yongin Gap Cheoin-gu truly want."

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, and Yang Hyang-ja, floor leader, are attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 22nd. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, and Yang Hyang-ja, floor leader, are attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 22nd. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

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He also appealed, "Regardless of the candidate's personal ability or career path, the reality that third-party candidates cannot even participate in TV debates simply because they are from a third party against the two major parties is harsh."


The issue of third-zone general election candidates being passed over by the two major parties is not only Yang's problem.


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Lee Jun-seok, the Reform New Party leader who declared his candidacy in Hwaseong, wrote on his Facebook that day, "Democratic Party candidate Gong Young-woon says he will hold a debate arranged by CBS 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' over the phone," and criticized, "Having entered politics less than a month ago, he quickly learned the old-fashioned practices that the public despises. I name him a 'sapling of old-fashioned politics.'"


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