The Democratic Party showed nervousness when Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People's Party, proposed a 'unification of the opposition candidates' to Yoon Seok-yeol, the People's Strength candidate.
The Democratic Party has been wary of the possibility of unification of the so-called 'Ahn Cheol-soo foot' opposition candidate, but inwardly expected candidate Ahn to complete the race.
However, when Candidate Ahn proposed unification of candidates including specific methods to Candidate Yoon directly on the date of candidate registration, he is keen to see if the unification of the opposition will actually happen.
The Democratic Party is not slowing its vigilance in that the debate on unification of candidates swallows up all political issues at the end of the election and directly affects the fluctuations in the candidate's approval rating.
"It will be a tough fight for us once we enter the stage of unification," said an official from the Democratic Party's election committee.
However, some analysts expected that the effect of candidate Ahn's proposal to unify candidates would be limited.
In particular, there is a view that the possibility of unification is low, given that Candidate Ahn proposed a 'public opinion poll' method, which is difficult to receive by the people, as a method of unifying the opposition candidates.
An official from the Democratic Party's electoral team gave a negative outlook, saying, "Watching the process of both sides continuing to wrestle, the people will shake their heads."
Nevertheless, he still advocates the 'united government theory' proposed by the Democratic Party,
Earlier, Woo Sang-ho, head of the Democratic Party's general election campaign, held a press conference at the company in the morning and said, "The middle class problem is being addressed while meeting with Kim Jong-in, Lee Sang-don, and Yoon Yeo-joon, and our candidate reveals the wisdom of rational conservatives and will include them in the next unified cabinet. have done," he said.
Regarding the relevance of the unification of opposition candidates and the idea of a unified government, Woo said, "As I said before, it is ultimately a matter of Candidate Ahn's choice." I was speechless.
It is in the same vein that the Democratic Party has decided not to take an official position on Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo's proposal to unify candidate Yoon Seok-yeol.
It is interpreted as a judgment that criticizing the unification of opposition candidates as 'a party', etc., may not help the future relationship with Candidate Ahn in a situation where the possibility of success is unclear.
(Photo = Ahn Cheol-soo's YouTube capture)