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Ahn Cheol-soo, candidate of the People's Party, withdrew the proposal to unify the opposition candidates.

He is going to go his own way.

As for the power of the people, he urged him to "do not hesitate to engage in politics."

Although the power of the people was surprising, he responded, "Let's work together to change the government."



First news, this is reporter Kim Ki-tae.



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Ahn Cheol-soo, the candidate of the People's Party, who volunteered for an emergency press conference during the day on the 20th, declared the breakdown of the unification of the opposition candidates.



[Ahn Cheol-soo/People's Party Presidential Candidate: I will organize the process and time that is no longer meaningless.

Even if it is rough and difficult, I will continue my path firmly.]



On the 13th, I completely withdrawn the proposal to unify the polling method to Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol for the People's Power on the 13th, a week after it was announced.



Candidate Ahn first blamed the breakdown, saying, "There was no response from Candidate Yoon for a week."



He also explained the background to the people's power, saying, "I disparaged the sincerity of the unification proposal and spread fake news."




[Ahn Cheol-soo/People's Party Presidential Candidate: (Accident at a car wash) He did not hesitate to do political misdeeds, such as spreading rumors of the resignation of the candidate and the high cost of the Gyeonggi governor.]



The power of the people was surprising and bewildered.



A key party official refuted Ahn's claim that there was no answer, saying, "Candidate Yoon made a phone call with Candidate Ahn this morning and even offered to meet once."



Lee Yang-soo, spokesperson for the election committee, said, "We have been in constant communication with Ahn's side."



[Lee Yang-soo/People's Power Senior Spokesperson: We must not disappoint the people who are demanding a regime change.

I hope that we will continue to work together for regime change in the future.]



A fierce battle of nerves broke out between the two parties prior to the press conference.



Regarding Ahn's promise to uphold the will of a party figure who died in a street car accident, when People's Power Representative Lee Jun-seok died unexpectedly, and asked where he was checking the maintenance, the People's Party vehemently denounced the remarks as beast-like remarks.



(Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)