Ahn Cheol-soo Drops Candidacy and Joins Yoon Suk-yeol’s Campaign
It will be interesting to see what Ahn gets in return for joining the campaign of Yoon wins the Presidency. They do seem like quite the odd couple to be joining campaigns:
People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok on Friday dismissed rumors of a co-chairmanship with Ahn Cheol-soo as various rumors about Ahn‘s next steps arose since his stepping out of the race.
Ahn, the chairman of the minor opposition People’s Party, conceded his candidacy to the People Power Party’s Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday. There were rumors about Ahn‘s next moves, including one about him possibly becoming a co-chairman of the main opposition once the two parties merged after the election.
As local reports raised the possibility of Ahn undertaking a co-chairman position in the merged party, Lee dismissed the idea, saying he has not considered such an option.
Korea Herald
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Seems a bit late in the game to do this, no? The election is in just a couple days!
That photo says it all.
Before Ahn folded himself into the Yoon campaign, Lee Junseok tried to publicly humiliate Ahn by posting disparaging remarks about Ahn in his social media pages.
One can clearly see the discomfort between the two, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Lee fears being pushed out by Ahn, because obviously one way or another the PPP will have to compensate Ahn for him dropping out of the race.
And the PPP old guard dislikes Lee more than Ahn.
@Kevin Kim
Yes that latest move left a lot of people scratching their heads, in addition to a lot of blowback from the Ahn supporters.
Wonder what the PPP promised to Ahn for folding his campaign, because it surely looked like an offer that Ahn couldn’t refuse.