Yoo Seung-min "Decided to Leave the Party... Will Serve Quietly if Yoon Changes"

"Innovation Failure Means Crushing Defeat in Next Year's General Election... Falling into a Plant Regime"

Former People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Seung-min stated, "If there is no change, I am determined to leave the party."

On the 3rd, Yoo appeared on YTN News Live and said, "If President Yoon Seok-yeol and the People Power Party continue as they have shown so far, I believe there is no hope for this party."

He continued, "If, although the possibility is low, the president and the party truly change, abandoning the old and ideological conservatism and moving toward a genuine moderate and sound conservatism?the kind that the people truly want?then I will also serve quietly and, of course, help."

Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min is attending the 1st anniversary memorial rally for the Itaewon tragedy held at Seoul Plaza, Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 29th. Photo by Yonhap News

Yoo warned that if the relationship between the party and the government does not improve, they could suffer a crushing defeat in next year's general election and fall into a 'plant regime.' Yoo said, "If we lose the general election, the president and this government will become a completely plant president and plant regime," adding, "There are still about three years left in the term, but there will be nothing they can do during the remaining term."

He said, "To truly work for the country and the people, isn't it for that reason that we must win the general election? It's not about securing our own positions," and added, "If we want to win the general election, there must be a dramatic change now. The people see through everything, and if there is no real change, we will perish."

Regarding President Yoon's recent emphasis on communication messages and signs of change, Yoo said, "The control over the party, turning the party into a personal faction to nominate President Yoon's people for next year's general election, has not changed at all," and questioned, "Can a few recent words be called change?"

About his meeting with In Yo-han, chairman of the People Power Party Innovation Committee, on the 31st of last month, Yoo said, "Honestly, we had a very reasonable conversation," and added, "I mentioned exactly three things."

He said, "First, the biggest responsibility for the alienation of public sentiment lies with the president, so he should leave the party alone and focus on the people's livelihood," adding, "Second, the vertical relationship between the president, Yongsan, and the party?where the president commands and the party only obeys, and the party cannot check the president's mistakes?must be abolished. Third, which is a bit sensitive, I said it would be difficult to hold the general election under the Kim Ki-hyun system."

Furthermore, Yoo urged the Innovation Committee to "touch on the essence of innovation." Yoo pointed out, "Chairman In said that telling President Yoon and People Power Party leader Kim Ki-hyun what to do is overstepping authority, but if you think of that as overstepping, it will be difficult to change."

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