“If Ahn’s approval rating does not rise to 18%, it cannot be unified.”
Former Chairman Kim Jong-in, who served as the general election chairman of the People’s Power National Election Countermeasures Committee, said, “In the end, we have no choice but to leave it up to the people to decide” regarding the recording of Kim Kun-hee, the wife of Candidate Yun Seok-yeol.
Former Chairman Kim appeared on KBS Radio’s ‘Choi Kyung-young’s Strongest Current Affairs’ on the 21st and evaluated, “It would have been best if the broadcast did not exist, but once it was revealed, no one can say for sure whether it will affect the election.”
In the transcript, he said, “It feels like a rant regarding what Mr. Kim said regarding Kim’s joining as a predecessor, ‘come to a banquet with something to eat’. He said, “I’m not the person who was willing to participate in the predecessor team.”
Then, in response to Mr. Kim’s statement, ‘I will not be safe if I take power,’ targeting a specific media, Kim said, “Saying such unnecessary things, the general public ‘Is a person who speaks and acts like that suitable for the president’s wife?’ “I made the mistake of creating public opinion.”
When asked if he had any plans to return to the predecessor of the People’s Power or to join the Democratic Party, he said, “(Participating in the Democratic Party) Rep. Park Yong-jin talked regarding his personal wishes. I am not a person who moves like that,” he said.
Regarding the conflict between Rep. Hong Joon-pyo and Candidate Yoon over the nomination, he said, “There is no need for Candidate Yoon to think too much regarding one team or one team. Beggars, I think it’s wise not to think of relying on a specific person to get help from that person in the first place.”
In addition, former Chairman Kim said regarding the unification of opposition candidates, “It will be difficult to achieve unless Ahn Cheol-soo’s approval rating of the People’s Party presidential candidate rises to 18% or more.”
He said, “Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon has to lead the election in the direction of ‘I can be elected’ regardless of whether he is unified or not. It is difficult,” he said.
Next, former Chairman Kim said, “For Candidate Ahn, if his approval rating approaches 20%, the pressure for unification from the conservatives will intensify. do,” he said.
Former Chairman Kim said, “I don’t hear much regarding how Korea will lead the future by innovating in the future,” he said.
“Looking at it now, the candidates are making a lot of small promises,” he pointed out, “and I am very doubtful that they will be able to remember them all following being elected president.”
Reporter Dugaon Donga.com gggah@donga.com
