Feb 12, 2022
S. Korean Presidential Candidate Calls for United Bid With Rival
Bloomberg News
,![Ahn Cheol-soo, presidential candidate of the People's Party, speaks during a news conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. South Korean presidential election is scheduled for March 9., Bloomberg Ahn Cheol-soo, presidential candidate of the People's Party, speaks during a news conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. South Korean presidential election is scheduled for March 9.](/polopoly_fs/1.1722439.1644726889!/fileimage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/ahn-cheol-soo-presidential-candidate-of-the-people-s-party-speaks-during-a-news-conference-at-the-seoul-foreign-correspondents-club-in-seoul-south-korea-on-friday-jan-28-2022-south-korean-presidential-election-is-scheduled-for-march-9.jpg)
(Bloomberg) -- Ahn Cheol-Soo, an opposition-party candidate for South Korea’s presidential election, proposed that he and his rival unify their campaigns.
Ahn, a doctor-turned-politician who is a member of the People Party, suggested in a speech on his Youtube channel on Sunday that he and Yoon Suk-yeol of the opposition People Power Party merge their candidacies in order to beat the ruling party’s Lee Jae-myung in next month’s election.
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Gallup’s latest poll in February suggests Yoon and Lee are favorites for the race, with Yoon getting 37% support and Lee gaining 36%, while Ahn received the back of 13% of those surveyed and liberal candidate Sim Sang-jung 3%.
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