South Korean ruling party lawmaker: ”Strengthening ourselves comes before hasty unification” = Presidential election

On the 22nd, Yoon Sang Hyun, a member of the ruling People Power Party, said that the unification of the ruling party's candidate Kim Moon-soo and the New Reform Party's candidate Lee Jun-seok was "a hasty move."
"Self-strengthening is the first priority, rather than discussing the possibility of unifying the two candidates," Yoon said on his Facebook page.
"We are in a difficult position, but the core of what we should focus on now is clear," he wrote. Yoon said, "Rather than unifying, we should focus on becoming stronger first."
"With only two weeks to go, what is really needed at this point is not a hasty discussion of unification, but for the party to come together, innovate, expand its framework, and develop its own competitiveness," he said.
He continued, "If we want to give real meaning to the discussion on unification, the approval rating of our party's candidate should be higher than that of Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea.
"The condition that the combined approval ratings of our party's candidate and candidate Lee Jun-seok must surpass those of candidate Lee Jae-myung should be met," he said. "If we rush to unify under these circumstances, it will be a 'we
"This would be an admission that we are weak, and such a unification would be less of a strategy and more of a prerequisite for defeat."