Candidate Yun Hosang Receives 'Unification' Call from Jo Junhyuk and 'Policy Alliance' Love Call from Jeong Geunsik (Comprehensive)

Three days before the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent by-election, conservative candidate Jo Jeon-hyeok and progressive candidate Jeong Geun-sik each proposed unification and policy alliance to candidate Yoon Ho-sang.

Candidate Jo stated in a commentary on the 13th, "The urgency to win the election for education reform is growing," and "I request a clear and transparent unification with candidate Yoon to normalize the 10 years of Seoul education ruined and lost by progressive leftist Cho Hee-yeon." He added, "Candidates Jeong and Choi Boseon, who felt the disadvantage, have achieved unification," and emphasized, "There is a flood of requests from Seoul citizens that the conservative camp must also unite to pool strength."

He said, "I know candidate Yoon is passive about unification," and "I earnestly ask once again to reflect on the values of dedication and sacrifice for the greater good."

Candidates running in the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education by-election attended a joint debate hosted by EBS on the afternoon of the 11th and took a commemorative photo. From the left, candidates Jeong Geun-sik, Yoon Ho-sang, Choi Bo-seon, and Jo Jeon-hyeok.
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Candidate Jeong, who unified with candidate Choi the previous day, also proposed a policy alliance to candidate Yoon in the afternoon. Jeong said, "I heard that recently, candidate Jo, who has a New Right far-right conservative tendency, is pressuring candidate Yoon to withdraw in a radical and unstable manner," and "I propose a policy alliance to oppose irrational regression, pro-Japanese education, and historical distortion."

He explained, "Candidate Jo's dangerous educational view, based on pro-Japanese education and historical distortion, will turn school sites into chaos," and "I propose to lead educational policies that provide children with correct history education and achieve social integration together with candidate Yoon."

Candidate Yoon stated, "I have heard the proposals from the two candidates, but I have not found any decisive factor to change the previous stance."

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