Jang Ye-chan "Yoo Seung-min and Lee Jun-seok's New Party? Not Interested... Do Your Best"

Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, who has been continuously criticizing President Yoon Suk-yeol, mentioned the possibility of forming a new party or leaving the current party, but Jang Ye-chan, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, dismissed it by saying, "I have no interest whether they form a new party or not."

On the 21st, Jang said on YTN's 'News King Park Ji-hoon' program, "If they had put even one-tenth of the passion they use to find fault with the president's remarks into criticizing the opposition party, the harsh evaluations we received at the last party convention or within our party would not have been so severe."

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On the 19th, after giving a lecture titled 'Correcting Political Parties' held at the National Assembly, former lawmaker Yoo told reporters, "Nothing has been decided yet, whether I will run or not, or if I run, where I will go, whether I will form a new party or stay." This is interpreted as an opening to the possibility of forming a new party.

However, Supreme Council member Jang said, "I have no interest at all whether they form a new party or not. I think the reality they face is just the result of their own actions, and except for some progressive media, they are no longer being invited anywhere," adding, "So I just want to offer words of encouragement and support for them to work hard."

When asked by the host whether former representative Lee Jun-seok would join if former lawmaker Yoo forms a new party, Jang replied, "We are not free to pay attention to those whose party membership has been suspended because the state affairs and people's livelihood are too important right now," and dismissed the question by saying, "I have no interest."

He continued, "(Former representative Lee) sometimes makes excessive remarks, and since we are about the same age, I play the role of correcting him," adding, "If he stops making politics based on stubborn emotions and thinks about what is for the state affairs and people's livelihood, I believe he can become a better politician."

Regarding former Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-guk, who left the party amid a large-scale virtual asset controversy and was recommended for expulsion by the National Assembly Ethics Committee advisory panel the day before, Jang said, "I think it is a very natural decision," pointing out, "He made over 200 transactions during committee sessions alone. I have confirmed reports that the total transaction amount was 9.9 billion won, and based on the facts already revealed, he does not even deserve to walk around the National Assembly building."

He added, "However, just because the Ethics Advisory Committee made this decision, there have been many precedents where the Ethics Committee or the National Assembly plenary session did not follow it," and said, "At least this time, regardless of party lines, if we seriously accept the public's voice and promptly process the expulsion of lawmaker Kim, our National Assembly can avoid the stigma of protecting its own members."

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