Ahn Cheol-soo Reaches Out To Conservative Voters, Denies Involvement In Park's Ouster
Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People's Party is said to be having a close fight with Moon Jae-in prior to the presidential election on May 9, 2017. But it looks like this is not enough since he is reportedly reaching out to the conservative Korean voters.
As he closes in on the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, Ahn also cleared his name in his alleged participation in the impeachment of Korea's former president Park Geun-hye. He just mentioned in his speech that he never took part in any street rally which clamoured for the ouster of the said former president as per Arirang News. Because of this, many of the conservative believed that this was politically motivated with the influence of the liberal forces.
Apart from giving clarifications on the controversial issue, Ahn also changed his position when it comes to another issue that South Korea is now facing. The People's Party candidate just changed his views when it comes to the issue on the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or the THAAD.
Because of his latest moves prior to the presidential election, some Koreans think that this is just part of his campaign strategy most especially to gain support from the controversial voters. But it looks like there's a catch since this might stir some negative reactions from the liberals. Worse, his latest move might also agitate voters from the Jeolla region which is considered as his support base as per ROK Drop.
It can be recalled that Moon Jae-in, the presidential candidate of DPK campaign for general reforms of the country while Ahn is a supporter of social integration. Despite the efforts of Ahn as he gets closer with his rival in the survey, Moon told Koreans that Ahn and his supporters are old evils which needed to be eliminated too.
If Ahn Cheol-soo will just continue to boost campaigning for policies that will surely satisfy the liberals, chances are the conservative voters might not support for him and will turn their backs on him then vote for his rival instead. But he thinks that clearing his name from his alleged involvement in the ouster of Park can also define something.
