Son Hak-kyu, Joo Seung-yong, Kim Kwan-young and Others Absent from Top Leadership... "Please Consider the Party"

Regarding the Third Zone Integration, "Generational Change is the Top Priority"

Son Hak-kyu, leader of the Bareunmirae Party, is attending the Supreme Council meeting and expanded executive meeting held at the National Assembly on the 10th, delivering a speech./Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Sohn Hak-kyu, leader of the Bareunmirae Party, commented on the absence of Supreme Council members Joo Seung-yong and Kim Kwan-young from the Supreme Council meeting on the 13th, saying, “I hope the Supreme Council members come to the party and handle party affairs,” and added, “Please consider the party a bit more.”

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Sohn said, “We need to make several decisions ahead of the election, but progress is not being made.”

Regarding the official launch of the Alternative New Party, he said, “I sincerely congratulate the founding of the party,” and “I highly appreciate that Choi Kyung-hwan, leader of the Alternative New Party, proposed the integration of the third forces, including our party, as his inaugural statement.”

He continued, “Our Bareunmirae Party also believes that the political structure of our country should be changed through the integration of the third forces,” but added, “However, the important thing in the consolidation of moderate reform forces is not political coalition and division but genuine centrist integration for the future of the nation. Even if the necessity of regional integration is recognized, it should be approached cautiously.”

Sohn said, “I have said that the era’s demand for this general election is generational change,” and pointed out, “If the discussion on the integration of the third zone ends up creating another political force in a specific region, it will be a repetition of old-fashioned politics.”

He stated, “The Bareunmirae Party is based on the premise of integrating moderate reform forces rather than regional ones, and if generational change is set as the top priority for this, we can participate in integration discussions at any time.”

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