Ahn Cheol-so Says He No Longer Wants to Merge Campaigns with Yoon Seok-yul
Here is the latest on the ROK presidential election:
Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor People’s Party said Sunday he is dropping his offer to merge campaigns with main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and will finish the presidential race on his own.
The decision is expected to add to uncertainties in the already tight race in which Yoon and Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) have been running neck and neck at around 40 percent support each, with Ahn at around 10 percent support.
Ahn’s announcement came a week after he proposed the merger with Yoon of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), saying the two sides should field a single candidate to ensure a victory over Lee in the March 9 election.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but I think Yoon probably decided he didn’t need Ahn because he is currently ahead by 5% points over Lee Jae-myung in recent polling.
I think Yoon probably decided he didn’t need Ahn because he is currently ahead by 5% points over Lee Jae-myung in recent polling.
To be sure of a conservative win, Ahn and Yoon needs to combine thier campaigns . No question about that.
But knowing Ahn, he will probably want Yoon to endorse him and step back.
As for Yoon, he probably wants to be President so that he, his wife, and his mother-in-law can be immune from prosecution and create the Prosecutor Republic that he so desires, which will ensure that he and his wife and in-laws have nothing to worry about.
Besides for the PPP, Yoon is their man, because he is the person that can satisfy their support base by hopefully giving them the satisfaction of seeing Moon in prison garb.
So, no way those two will combine their campaigns.