One big obstacle that Ahn will face if he decides to run is the need to organize a political party, or else to forge a coalition among South Korea’s fractured opposition parties. Neither is an easy task, and the precedent of incompetence established by Japan’s Democratic Party since it defeated the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party may make some South Korean voters reluctant to abandon the familiar and battle-tested GNP.
但安哲秀竞选所面对的一大障碍就是必须组建一个政党，或者在韩国星罗棋布的反对派中组建一个联盟——这都绝非易事。而日本民主党在击败长期执政的自民党后所表现出来的无能先例也令许多韩国选民不愿意抛弃熟悉且久经考验的大国家党。但即便存在这些顾虑，我们也很难想象今年四月安哲秀能在选民不断高涨的呼声中按兵不动。