President Yoon Seok-yeol Holds Garden Walk and Dinner with People Power Party Leadership

President Yoon Seok-yeol takes a garden walk with attendees before the People Power Party emergency committee dinner held at his official residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 13th./Office of the President

On the 13th, President Yoon Seok-yeol invited the new People Power Party leadership, including People Power Emergency Response Committee Chairman Hwang Woo-yeo and floor leader Choo Kyung-ho, to the venue- he had an official residence and had dinner. This is the first time President Yoon has met with the leadership of the ruling party since the People’s Power Party suffered a heavy defeat in the April 10 general election. Participants said they had an open discussion with President Yoon about current issues in the National Assembly and the party. In the political world, it was interpreted as an opportunity for President Yoon to meet with the leadership of the People’s Power Party and put the ruling party in order ahead of the opposition party’s attack on the special charges law.

The dinner was held for about two hours at the official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul. In addition to President Yoon, Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok and Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Hong Cheol-ho were present in the President’s Office. Present at the People’s Power Party were Chairman Hwang, emergency committee members Um Tae-young, Yoo Sang-beom, Jeon Ju-hye, and Kim Yong-tae, who were officially appointed on this day, floor director Choo, who is an ex officio emergency committee member, and policy committee chairman Jeong Jeong-sik. New General Secretary Seong Il-jong, senior deputy floor director Bae Jun-young, and emergency room chairman Cho Eun-hee, chief of staff, were also present. The attendees are said to have enjoyed a beer with the dinner.

Presidential Office spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung said, “The reason why the People’s Power Party’s emergency committee held a banquet at the President’s invitation right after the official launch of because the party and the government agreed that there were many national issues to come, especially people’s livelihood issues, and that the active role of the ruling party is important in solving these issues “Because of this,” he said, “the president listened to the ideas of the party leadership throughout the dinner and expressed his intention to pay attention to it. public sentiment expressed in the general election and actively reflected in the running of the government.” In response, President Hwang also said, “We will take care of party matters, including preparations for the national convention, without stopping, while strengthening party government cooperation to resolve issues state to run smoothly,” said spokesman Kim.

The participants said, “We had an honest meeting with the President and we had a lot of discussion about political issues. President Yoon is known to have encouraged the hard work of lawmakers who ran the general election by using the election campaign and personal anecdotes from the last presidential election as topics. It is said that public living policies were also on the discussion table. However, it is reported that emphasis was placed on the importance of cooperation rather than making critical comments about the opposition party.

In a phone call, emergency committee member Yoo Sang-beom said, “I suggested the need for active dialogue with opposition party lawmakers, and the president also said he would positively consider it.” . ” He also said, “There were words of encouragement for member Jeon Joo-hye, who lost in this general election, and member Kim Yong-tae (identified as a member of the non-Yoon group) There were also parts that showed respect “It was a friendly situation,” he said. Regarding the next national convention, which is the immediate responsibility of the emergency committee, Chairman Hwang said, “I will gather the consensus of the party and I will prepare well for it.” However, attendees said no specific details were discussed about the next candidates for party leader, including former emergency committee chairman Han Dong-hoon.

President Yoon is known to have thanked the new leadership of the People’s Power Party, which took on important responsibilities in the difficult times for the party after the general election, and emphasized communication in the future party-government relations. Floor leader Choo also told this newspaper, “Since the party often holds meetings like today with the Office of the President in the future, we do not have an agenda between -different preparations for communication before dinner today.”

However, in the political world, the Office of the President and the party leadership expressed the need for internal unity to block ruling party votes like the Marine Corps Special Prosecution Act, which the President Yoon stated that his veto right would be used. to be subject to a re-vote at the final plenary session of the 21st National Assembly at the end of this month There is speculation that it may have been split. In fact, floor leader Choo is known to be checking the overseas business trip schedules of lawmakers in preparation for attending the plenary session later this month.

Meanwhile, Chairman Hwang presided over the first non-committee meeting before the event and said, “The people hope that our party will complete its reform and transformation as soon as possible.” as possible,” and “I hope the opposition party will also work. together to achieve cooperation.” Representative Choo said, “Right now, in a situation where we have a huge shortage of seats, the only way to stand up to the big opposition party is to win the hearts of the people and get their trust and support. “