Yoo Seung-min: "Partial Integration and Partial Retention Method Has No Possibility"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] As the New Conservative Party is pushing for a party-to-party merger with the Liberty Korea Party, Yoo Seung-min, chairman of the Conservative Reconstruction Committee, dismissed the idea that he would remain in the party while the other members merge with the Liberty Korea Party, saying "There is no possibility."

Chairman Yoo told reporters after the expanded meeting of party leaders and key officials held on the 15th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, Room 9, "This is the first time I have heard of this. I never had such a thought in my mind," he said.

Regarding the possibility of such a form of merger, he emphasized, "We have come this far for three years, and it is hard to imagine comrades who have walked a difficult path for three years splitting up due to differences in thoughts or anything like that just three months before the general election," dismissing the possibility.

In response to Joint Representative Jeong Byeong-guk's media interview suggesting that Chairman Yoo might be obstructing the Innovation and Unity Committee, he said, "I don't know what intentions there are, but I will work things out well with Representative Jeong." When asked if there were such criticisms within the party, he denied, saying, "I haven't really heard much."

He also made it clear that if the Our Republican Party and the Liberty Korea Party hold merger talks, they will no longer proceed with the merger with the Liberty Korea Party. He said, "It is not our judgment but the common sense of the people," adding, "I suggested crossing the river of impeachment, and if we join hands with the forces most opposed to that, I understand that there is no intention to merge with us." When asked if there is a planned negotiation meeting with former Liberty Korea Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn before the Lunar New Year, he replied, "There is no such plan."

He emphasized, "I hope many party officials will work harder to inform the public why we founded the New Conservative Party rather than being swept away by the merger so soon after the party's establishment and gain public support under the name of the New Conservative Party," adding, "I hope the merger will be one that sincerely upholds the principles of conservative reconstruction."

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