People's Power lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung say, ”You can't run for president this time... If you're innocent in the five trials, then run for president” (South Korea)

On the 18th, Ahn Cheol-soo, a member of the People's Power Party, told Lee Jae-myung, the head of the Democratic Party, "If the results of the five trials (ongoing) are all innocent, then we will
On the same day, Rep. Ahn appeared on SBS YouTube and said, "If (Representative Lee) was found guilty of violating the election law in the second hearing of the Public Offices Election Act on the 26th, then he should have run for office this time before the Supreme Court ruling was made.
"I think he should not run for president," he said. "The electoral system is a system where voters gather all the information they can about the various candidates and then choose their own candidate from that.
It's about choosing the candidate you want to be. But how can you choose when you don't know whether one of those candidates will be found guilty or not guilty by the Supreme Court?"
Rep. Ahn said, "If, unfortunately, impeachment (against President Yoon Seok-yeol) were to be cited, wouldn't we have to hold a presidential primary within 60 days?
"We cannot maintain power unless we win, but everyone gathered here now has the same idea, and even if we all add them all up, it only accounts for 30% nationwide," he said, expressing his concern.
He added, "What I want to say to those people is that if they believe that Chairman Lee should not become president, then they should think differently.
However, if we agree on just that one idea, we need to gather all the moderate conservatives and moderates to our side and say that we will get what you want only if we exceed 50 percent."
Regarding the idea of solidarity, Rep. Ahn said, "I believe I should be the center. I think that one-on-one meetings should be held between the ruling party candidates, mainly those in their 20s and 30s, and Chairman Lee.
According to a (virtual) head-to-head opinion poll, the only two who won were myself and Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo, and I won by more than 10% over Mayor Hong.
"Scalability has been proven, so if there is a strategic vote, I should be at the center," he said.