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Today (13th), candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party proposed a unified opposition party candidate.

The idea is to conduct an opinion poll as in the last Seoul mayoral by-election.

People's Power Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol said he would think about it, but it was a bit disappointing.



First of all, this is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.



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People's Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, who said there was no unification, announced his intention to unify the opposition party through a special press conference to Yoon Seok-yeol, the People's Strength candidate.




[Ahn Cheol-soo/People's Party Presidential Candidate: For a better regime change, that is, to go on the path of regime change, end of the old system, and national unity, I propose to unify the opposition candidates.] The



reason for the proposal is, He emphasized that there is a high possibility that he will become president, and that an overwhelming victory must be supported.



As a unification method, the 'National Primary' was proposed through a poll agreed with Candidate Oh Se-hoon during the by-election for Seoul mayor in April last year.



At that time, two polling agencies conducted a 50% survey of 'fitness' and 'competitiveness' of 1,600 people each by 50% and then summing the results. There was none.



Candidate Yoon, who has argued that it can be done in 10 minutes, said that he would think about it, but evaluated the method as disappointing.



[Yoon Seok-yeol/People's Power Presidential Candidate: I give a positive evaluation of the proposal made at the level of representatives, but there are some regrets that I will think about it.] In



the interpretation that the remarks were respectful of Candidate Ahn, who expressed his intention to unify, In fact, it rejected the poll method, saying it would run the risk of going against the people's demand for a regime change.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)