[Breaking News] Ahn Cheol-soo: "Rejecting the Forced Innovation Committee... I Will Run in the Party Leadership Election"

Korea Economic Daily

Summary

Ahn Cheol-soo announced that he would step down from the position of 'Innovation Committee Chairman' and run in the party leadership election.
He stated that he had conflicts with the party leadership due to the controversy over the makeup of the Innovation Committee.
Ahn declared that he would run for party leader to directly push forward strong innovation.

Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party, who had been nominated as the chairman of the Innovation Committee, announced on the 7th that he would be running in the party leadership election. After a conflict with the party leadership over the membership of the Innovation Committee, it appears that he chose to run in the leadership election instead of serving as the chairman.

Ahn stated, "As the designated chairman of the Innovation Committee, I faced a huge wall even before opening the door to innovation" and added, "I will become the party leader and directly pursue decisive and strong innovation."

Seulkee Lee, Hankyung.com Reporter seulkee@hankyung.com