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A senior member of the minor opposition People's Party announced Thursday that he will not run in next month's parliamentary elections.
Rep. Kim Han-gil said he will take responsibility for failing to persuade the party's co-chairman Ahn Cheol-soo to join forces with the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea to win more seats in the upcoming April 13 poll.
"(I) have argued the need for the coalition of the opposition bloc. I decided not to run in the 20th general elections as a way of taking responsibility for failing to arrange a merger," Kim told reporters.
Earlier, Ahn declined the offer from Kim Chong-in, interim leader of the Minjoo Party, who stressed the need for a united coalition to tackle the ruling Saenuri Party.
Following a difference in view over the possible merger, Kim Han-gil stepped down from the head of the party's election planning committee.
Currently, the Saenuri Party controls 156 seats in the 293-member National Assembly, compared with 105 seats held by the main opposition Minjoo Party. Ahn's People's Party controls only 20 seats.
The coalition offer was made more than two months after the People's Party was separated from the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the predecessor of the Minjoo Party, due to an internal strife. (Yonhap)
Rep. Kim Han-gil said he will take responsibility for failing to persuade the party's co-chairman Ahn Cheol-soo to join forces with the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea to win more seats in the upcoming April 13 poll.
"(I) have argued the need for the coalition of the opposition bloc. I decided not to run in the 20th general elections as a way of taking responsibility for failing to arrange a merger," Kim told reporters.
Earlier, Ahn declined the offer from Kim Chong-in, interim leader of the Minjoo Party, who stressed the need for a united coalition to tackle the ruling Saenuri Party.
Following a difference in view over the possible merger, Kim Han-gil stepped down from the head of the party's election planning committee.
Currently, the Saenuri Party controls 156 seats in the 293-member National Assembly, compared with 105 seats held by the main opposition Minjoo Party. Ahn's People's Party controls only 20 seats.
The coalition offer was made more than two months after the People's Party was separated from the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the predecessor of the Minjoo Party, due to an internal strife. (Yonhap)
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