Park Hyung-jun "Nomination Screening Will Not Proceed Regardless of Integration Discussions"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Park Hyung-jun, chairman of the Innovation Integration Committee (Hyuktongwi), stated on the 17th that "(The Liberty Korea Party) will not proceed with candidate screening regardless of integration discussions."

He met with reporters immediately after the 4th meeting held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building and said, "It seems that the position of the Candidate Screening Committee chairman is the same, and we have sufficiently conveyed our position," adding, "We confirmed the stance that candidate screening will not proceed regardless of integration discussions."

Chairman Park said, "It is difficult to speak specifically, but we conveyed the opinion that integration discussions and candidate screening discussions are closely related."

Regarding the calls for resignation from some members of the New Conservative Party, he said, "I think it is the labor pains for giving birth to a precious child," and added, "Whether I resign or not is not important. Ha Tae-kyung, the leader of the New Conservative Party, also conveyed his opinion that 'we will proceed as is.'"

In response to the criticism that the New Conservative Party might also appoint a Candidate Screening Committee chairman following the Liberty Korea Party, he replied, "We requested the Liberty Korea Party Candidate Screening Committee chairman to do so as late as possible, but there were unavoidable aspects," and added, "The New Conservative Party will be the same in that regard, so when integration happens later, we will discuss it through consultation."

Meanwhile, at the meeting, Hyuktongwi established five major policy principles: ▲ Security-first complex diplomacy ▲ Reviving the economy led by the private sector ▲ Fundamental education reform ▲ Advancement of quality of life ▲ Creating a fair society. The ten major tasks selected were: ▲ Abolition of income-led growth theory and transition to private sector-led growth ▲ Transition to future generation-friendly fiscal policy ▲ Shift from nuclear phase-out policy to balanced energy policy ▲ Promotion of national investigation and special prosecution into power abuse and corruption by the Moon Jae-in administration ▲ Prevention of privatization of power institutions such as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials ▲ Promotion of laws to prevent parasitic use of taxpayers' money ▲ Prevention of politicization of education and education reform for the future ▲ Labor reform to prevent the tyranny of aristocratic unions ▲ Blocking the socialization of pensions ▲ Security system to respond to North Korean nuclear threats and prevention of the collapse of the ROK-US alliance.

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