Park Hyung-jun: "Conservative Unification Leaders Should Focus on Commonalities Rather Than Differences"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Park Hyung-jun, chairman of the Innovation Integration Promotion Committee (IIPC), which is promoting centrist-conservative integration, emphasized that the parties pushing for conservative unification should focus on their commonalities rather than their differences and unite for the greater cause of integration. This comes as integration progresses and differing voices within the conservative camp are increasingly expressed, showing signs of division.

At the 8th IIPC meeting held on the afternoon of the 28th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, Chairman Park stated, "What we must always keep in mind when promoting integration is to emphasize our commonalities rather than our differing thoughts and positions."

Chairman Park said, "While many emphasize the necessity of innovation and integration, there are also concerns and worries expressed in various places, and diverse voices are emerging from civil society," adding, "Let us not only see that tangerines, oranges, and Hallabong are different, but rather focus on their commonalities." He further emphasized, "The parties leading the integration must view each other with warm tolerance," and said, "Since the first integration results will be reported this Friday (31st), this week is a crucial turning point for innovation and integration."

Jeong Un-cheon, a member of the New Conservative Party, recently criticized the Ministry of Justice’s personnel appointments in the prosecution, saying, "The president who urged investigations into the living power has ruined all institutions that investigate the living power," and stressed integration by saying, "To restore shaken liberal democracy, free market economy, and the strong Korea-US alliance, we must achieve conservative grand unification to stop the Moon Jae-in administration’s tyranny."

Lee Gap-san, standing representative of the Pan-Citizen Coalition, also emphasized, "Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn and Chairman Yoo Seung-min should relinquish vested interests by not running and join hands with all forces to travel nationwide to protect the Republic of Korea," adding, "Comrades at Gwanghwamun must not go toward division. In the April 15 general election, the Gwanghwamun faction must unite as an integrated new party to oppose that ruthless regime."

Park Sang-duk, co-representative of the Nuclear Power Joint Solidarity, announced four resolutions decided at the joint meeting of civil society organization representatives held on the 23rd (▲building an integrated new party ▲the Korean Party’s appointment of public relations committee members and the New Conservative Party’s attempt at an electoral alliance violate IIPC agreements ▲formation of an integrated new party preparatory committee ▲faithful implementation of six resolutions passed at the joint meeting), and insisted these should be discussed as agenda items at the meeting that day.

Jung Kyung-mo, vice chairman of the Voice of the People, said, "We previously requested that civil society representatives who have actively opposed and fought the Moon administration at Gwanghwamun Square be appointed as public relations committee members, but Kim Hyung-oh, chairman of the Korean Party’s public relations committee, appointed members without consulting their opinions," and emphasized, "Chairman Kim’s appointments must not become an obstacle to conservative-right integration. Whether this is the cause or not, signs of division are appearing at Gwanghwamun Square, but we must gather wisdom to move beyond division and follow the cause of integration."

Meanwhile, at the 8th IIPC meeting that day, Min Young-sam, a former Supreme Council member of the Democratic Peace Party from Honam, expressed his intention to join, and 11 youth organizations including 'Mowa', 'Nabi', and 'SSONG' declared their support and participation.

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