Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has joined the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on July 30. It has been a month since he announced his candidacy for the Presidential election on April 29.
As Yoon, a leading conservative presidential hopeful, joined the party, the opposition party's Presidential election structure has taken a new turn.
Yoon visited the headquarters of the PPP in Yeouido, Seoul, in the afternoon of the day, met with Kwon Young-se, chairman of the PPP committee for external cooperation, and submitted an application for joining the party.
Later, he held a press conference at 1:50 p.m. to announce his plans to join the party.
Meeting the press, Yoon said, “It was a due obligation for me to join the main opposition party and follow through with the PPP’s primary procedure from the first stage openly and squarely to achieve a change of the current regime. By doing so, I think I would be able to win higher and more universal support from the people.”
The PPP will start the Presidential race from August 30 to 31 with two days of registration as candidates. The final Presidential candidate will be elected at a national convention on November 9.
Later, he held a press conference at 1:50 p.m. to announce his plans to join the party.
Yoon earlier delivered his intention to join the PPP over the phone to Lee Joon-seok, the chairman of the PPP, who was on a visit to provincial areas.
