Ahn Cheol-soo, head of the National Assembly Party, is talking with residents in the urban regeneration area in Changsin-dong, Seoul on the 1st. [연합뉴스]
– It was confirmed on the 1st that the power of the people is proactively considering a plan to delay the announcement of the party’s primary election by more than five days to the middle of this month in relation to the election of candidates for the mayoral election in April. This means that we will postpone the starting point of the race to advance the discussion on recruitment of the National Assembly representative Ahn Chul-soo and secure as much time as possible to discuss the unification method with external players.
Goal of unifying opposition candidates for the mayor of Seoul
Kim Jong-in “I have to participate in the contest after joining”
Representative Ahn maintains a negative attitude toward joining
– According to multiple people’s power officials, the ‘4·7 Re-Election Preparatory Committee’ in the party initially announced the announcement of candidate registration to the leadership on December 31 (A) and January 8 (B) this year. did. The party later set’January 8’as the starting point of the race, taking into account the schedule of inauguration of the Nomination Management Committee.
In this regard, a key official of the people’s strength said in a call with the JoongAng Ilbo, “The starting point of the race as suggested by the Party Preparatory Committee is the schedule that came out when there was no’An Chul-soo’s sudden variable’. “As the time for coordination under water became necessary, the opinion of most lawmakers was to postpone the announcement of the party’s primary election to mid-late January.”
The official said that there were many such proposals at the first meeting of the Party Nomination Management Committee held on the 30th of last month. Regarding this, a high-ranking official of the People’s Power said, “In addition, the Democratic Party has not decided on both the person and policy, but if you pay our card first, it is not good for the election strategy. We need to adjust our party’s primary election schedule while looking at the Democratic Party schedule.”
The people’s strength is that in order to win the Seoul Mayor’s election, it is necessary to unify with Representative Ahn. However, regarding that method, the leadership maintained the position that “It is most desirable to participate in the party race after joining” (Kim Jong-in and Joo Ho-young). Party nomination committee chairman Jeong Jin-seok also emphasized that “the power of the people is the pan-opposition platform.”
The Nomination Management Committee is also reviewing the ‘100% citizen’s contest after admission’ card to lower the threshold of participation in the party contest for external personnel such as Representative Ahn and former lawmaker Tae-seop Geum. It is a position that the current rules for the current contest, with 20% of party members and 80% of citizens, can be changed if necessary.
However, until now, President Ahn has maintained a negative attitude toward joining the people. Representative Ahn toured the area of Changsin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, the target site of the’National No. 1 Urban Regeneration Project’ for the first time on this new year. When a question related to the participation of the people’s power came up, CEO Ahn said, “(How to) find a way to ensure that the people’s strength, supporters of the People’s Party, and progressive people who desire rational reform can support all without scattering. I avoided the immediate answer, saying. Representative Ahn prefers to elect a candidate who passed the People’s Strength internal contest instead of the People’s Force, and the Seoul Mayor candidate through a one-on-one contest.
Reporter Hyun Il-hoon [email protected]
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