Ha Tae-kyung: "The Preparatory Committee Chair for the United New Party Will Be Sent After Hwang Kyo-ahn and Yoo Seung-min Meeting"

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The New Conservative Party has decided not to send a chairman to the Preparatory Committee for the Unified New Party, which officially launches on the 6th. The decision will be made based on the outcome of the expected meeting between Hwang Kyo-ahn, leader of the Liberty Korea Party, and Yoo Seung-min, chairman of the Conservative Innovation Committee of the New Conservative Party, scheduled for later this week.

Ha Tae-kyung, co-representative of the New Conservative Party, held a press conference that morning and stated, "We will participate in the Preparatory Committee for the Unified New Party for now, but more discussion is needed regarding the co-chairman issue. We decided to make a decision after the conclusion of the two-party integration between Representative Hwang and Chairman Yoo."

The Preparatory Committee, officially launching that day, had previously held a meeting on the 5th and decided to introduce a system of five co-chairmen. The co-chairmen will be appointed from Park Hyung-joon, the current chairman of the Innovation and Integration Promotion Committee, and from the Liberty Korea Party, the New Conservative Party, the Forward 4.0 Party, and the People's Voice Party, which is preparing to be established. Although Shim Jae-chul, floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party, Lee Eon-ju, leader of the Forward Party, and Jang Ki-pyo, chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the People's Voice Party, agreed to participate as chairmen, a representative from the New Conservative Party has not yet been decided. However, they expressed their intention to participate in the Preparatory Committee for the Unified New Party by appointing Rep. Jeong Un-cheon of the New Conservative Party as a member.

They pressured the Liberty Korea Party to be more proactive in the meeting. When asked by reporters about the scheduled meeting, Representative Ha said, "Personally, I expect them to make more efforts," emphasizing, "The agreement to form a two-party consultative body was made on the 20th of last month, and nearly half a month has already passed."

He added, "When the Bareun Party and the People's Party merged, there were various opinions on the integration issues of each party, and there are positions from each party in this integration negotiation process as well," emphasizing, "Additional matters should be decided by the integration task force once the two-party integration is confirmed."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.