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Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, the candidate for the People’s Party, is to resign from his current seat as a lawmaker upon officially registering himself for the May 9 presidential election Saturday, his aides confirmed Wednesday.
“It is the posture of a responsible politician to give up one’s parliamentary seat when registering as a presidential candidate,” Ahn said earlier in the day in an interview with local daily Hankook Ilbo.
His camp officials later confirmed Ahn’s plan to step down from the legislature and devote himself to the forthcoming race.
Ahn’s decision was taken as a reflection of his uncompromising aspiration for presidency as well as an effort to mark himself apart from his rivals.
Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea retained his seat in the National Assembly during the 2012 presidential election.
Hong Joon-pyo of the conservative Liberty Korea Party recently came under fire for holding on to his South Gyeongsang Province governorship up to the last moment, so a by-election could not be scheduled for the May 9 vote.
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