Lee Nak-yon, who served as prime minister under the Moon Jae-in government, has officially expressed his support for conservative People Power Party presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo. 

Lee, a senior adviser to the New Future Democratic Party, declared his support for Kim on Tuesday during a news conference in Seoul, saying a monstrous dictatorship will be born if the Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung is elected.

Lee Nak-yon said he and Kim have agreed to cooperate to prevent that dictatorship from emerging and to pave the way for a new republic through constitutional change. 

The former prime minister added that the two sides have agreed in principle to form a joint government for national unity. 

He also said they agreed that the presidential and general elections should take place simultaneously in 2028 to bring the presidential and parliamentary terms into alignment.