Mirae Hanguk Party "Never Stated Position as Independent Negotiation Group... Lee Hae-chan's False Statement"

Won Yu-cheol, leader of the Future Korea Party, is answering reporters' questions after the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 12th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Future Korea Party has fired back at Lee Hae-chan, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, calling his remarks about 'independent negotiation groups' "malicious false statements."

Lee Ik-seon, spokesperson for the Future Korea Party, said in a statement at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 13th, "Our Future Korea Party has never expressed a position regarding an independent negotiation group."

Earlier, Lee Hae-chan said, "The Future Korea Party is talking about an independent negotiation group, but the Future United Party and the Future Korea Party share the same roots and are one body," adding, "They are like a two-headed snake fighting over one prey, competing for the chairmanship of standing committees and government subsidies."

In response, the Future Korea Party stated, "It is hard to believe such malicious false statements came from the leader of the ruling party, which holds unlimited responsibility for national governance," and pointed out, "The Future Korea Party has never engaged in any power struggle with the Future United Party over standing committee chairmanships or government subsidies."

The spokesperson added, "One might even ask if Lee Hae-chan, who is set to retire in August, plans to debut as a novelist," and questioned, "With an overwhelming power of 177 seats, what is there to fear or worry about? Why disparage the Future Korea Party, which holds 19 seats, with baseless claims and confuse the public?"

He continued, "Won Yoo-chul proposed a 2+2 meeting between the parties involved to permanently abolish the distorted and monstrous election law, but the Democratic Party of Korea ignored the proposal without any reason and instead slanders our party and the Future United Party as a two-headed snake," and asked, "Are they insisting on maintaining the current distorted election law that produced the record-breaking 48 cm-long ballots?"

The spokesperson concluded, "The Democratic Party of Korea, which created a problematic election law through unilateral force, should be taking the lead in abolishing it, but instead, they meddle in other parties' affairs by telling them to merge or not," and said, "If they have time to criticize and interfere with opposition parties, they should first properly handle the issues surrounding their own elected members who are causing controversy."

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