Park Hyung-jun Withdraws Future Korea Party Nomination Application Within One Hour (Comprehensive)

"Giving Up Due to Doubts About Integration Authenticity"

Park Hyung-jun, Chairman of the Integrated New Party Promotion Committee. / Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Former Unified New Party Preparatory Committee Chairman Park Hyung-jun applied for proportional representation nomination from the Future Korea Party on the 9th but later withdrew his application.

On the same day, Park sent a text message to reporters in the afternoon to inform them of his nomination application but sent another message an hour later stating that he had withdrawn it.

He explained the reason, saying, "After much deliberation, I decided and applied, but there were some objections regarding my promise not to run in the general election."

Park added, "I concluded that this should not harm the cause of judging the regime or cast doubt on the sincerity of the unification. I applied with the intention of serving with public passion for the success of moderate conservative unification, but if it in any way undermines the meaning of unification, I must put aside my personal aspirations at any time."

He said, "I apologize for causing confusion. Once again, I apologize for my lack of consideration."

Earlier, Park had applied for proportional representation nomination from the Future Korea Party, stating, "After unification, I came to believe that I have a role and responsibility, however small, in properly carrying out the necessary stitching and pasting and implementing the various innovation tasks agreed upon during the unification process."

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