People Power Party Completes Campaign Committee Formation... Ruling and Opposition Enter 93-Day Direct Confrontation

People Power Party Central Election Committee Launch
Kim Jong-in Proposes COVID-19 Polarization Resolution Pledge
Lee Jae-myung Voices Support for COVID-19 Small Business Protection
Sim Sang-jung and An Il-hwa Move Toward Third-Party Cooperation

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] With the official launch of the People Power Party's election campaign committee on the 6th, both ruling and opposition parties have now formed their presidential election teams for next year. The parties will now enter a 93-day head-to-head battle, presenting their policy visions and more.

The People Power Party, which launched its campaign committee a step later than the Democratic Party of Korea, presented "Resolving COVID-19 Polarization" as its primary pledge. Kim Jong-in, the People Power Party's overall election campaign committee chairman who took the helm after persistent persuasion, stated in a media interview that he would run the election with "resolving economic polarization" as the forefront issue. With Chairman Kim's joining, the campaign committee's lineup was completed. Former lawmakers Geum Tae-seop and Yoon Hee-sook joined, strengthening the centrist and pragmatic stance.

On the 5th, one day before the launch ceremony of the People Power Party's presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign headquarters, Kim Jong-in, former emergency committee chairman who accepted the position of general campaign chairman, is leaving the party office in Yeouido, Seoul after meeting with candidate Yoon Seok-yeol. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the afternoon of the same day, the People Power Party held the central election campaign committee launch ceremony at the KSPO Dome in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, said, "Politics is done not by a single 'person' but by 'people,'" adding, "We have strived to create a nationally unifying campaign committee that transcends barriers of gender, generation, region, and ideology, and we will operate it accordingly."

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, is speaking at the National Public Election Committee with Small Business Owners held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 6th.
[Image source=Yonhap News]

Since the launch of its campaign committee, the Democratic Party of Korea has accelerated the announcement of policy pledges through reform efforts and held a "National Campaign Committee with Small Business Owners" on the same day. The Democratic Party is also placing economic recovery from COVID-19 at the center of its election strategy.

Meanwhile, Sim Sang-jung, the Justice Party's presidential candidate, and Ahn Cheol-soo, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, are scheduled to meet on the same day to discuss "third zone cooperation." Both sides plan to draw a line against candidate unification but coordinate voices for political reform, including breaking away from the two-party system.