Yoo Seung-min: "When Building a New House, the Owner Must Change... Integration with Ugongdang Is Impossible"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Yoo Seung-min, Chairman of the Conservative Reconstruction Committee of the New Conservative Party, strongly demanded qualitative reform in the party-to-party merger with the Liberty Korea Party, saying, "When you build a new house, the owner should also be a new person."

On the 15th, at the expanded meeting of party leaders and key officials held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, Chairman Yoo stated, "Would the public consider it building a new house if the merger is centered on the Liberty Korea Party and we just add our numbers?"

He criticized strongly, saying, "Yesterday, Hwang Kyo-ahn, leader of the Liberty Korea Party, said, 'We can even merge with our Liberty Republican Party.' From a common-sense perspective, not just mine but the public's, would such a merger truly cross the river of impeachment and overcome impeachment?"

Chairman Yoo emphasized, "For a genuine victory in the general election, the entire conservative camp must awaken. Everyone must be ready to put everything aside and dedicate themselves and make sacrifices for the victory of conservatism," adding, "I want to tell the co-chairs and everyone participating in the Innovation and Unity Committee that properly rebuilding conservatism is important."

Co-chair Oh Shin-hwan also said, "Even though discussions on conservative integration in the opposition camp have begun, those who protect their small vested interests must abandon attitudes that hinder innovation and conservative reconstruction," adding, "Conservative reconstruction is open to everyone, but not just anyone can join. I hope conservative integration will be an opportunity for reform, not a politically engineered blind merger," demanding reform.

Co-chair Ji Sang-wook emphasized, "I do not think simply gathering because it is difficult is enough," adding, "It must pursue a true integration of conservative values, not just a simple unification of forces, to be meaningful."

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