Lee Nak-yeon (right), co-representative of the New Reform Party, and Supreme Council member Kim Jong-min are holding a press conference to break up with the New Reform Party at the New Future headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on the 20th. 2024.2.20/Yonhap News
New Future leader Lee Nak-yeon declared on the 20th that the integration with Lee Jun-seok’s New Reform Party had collapsed. As a result, Representative Nak-yeon Lee broke away from the New Reform Party 11 days after the declaration of integration of the four parties of the third zone (New Reform Party, New Future, New Choice, Principles and Common Sense) on the 9th and walked his own independent path.
Representative Lee Nak-yeon held a press conference at the New Future headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on this day and said, “Respected citizens, beloved party members, I bow my head in apology to you all,” and added, “I have caused great disappointment to you due to the frustration of the new party integration. “A poor integration decision led to an embarrassing ending,” he said.
Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “The agreement of the unifying entities has been broken,” regarding the motion to delegate full election authority to Representative Lee Jun-seok passed by a majority vote at the highest level of the New Reform Party the previous day. Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “The agenda of destroying the agreement of February 9 and giving full authority over the election to one co-representative was forcibly passed through a vote by the Supreme Committee,” adding, “It cannot be subject to a vote by the Supreme Committee.” .
The four forces in the 3rd zone announced in the integrated agreement on the 9th that Nak-yeon Lee would be the chairman of the general election preparation committee. It is said that the agenda of handing over the authority of the chairman of the general election committee, which is given full authority to conduct elections, to Representative Lee Jun-seok was not agreed upon at the highest level.
Regarding this, Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “The spirit of democracy has been damaged,” and added, “They tried to stigmatize certain people and exclude them from the beginning.” This is a reference to Representative Lee Jun-seok’s request to ‘send a message that he is not welcome’ in relation to former Justice Party vice-president Bae Bok-ju. Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “The politics of stigma, hatred, and exclusion have been followed,” and “Our dream of overcoming such politics has been trampled.”
Next, Representative Nak-yeon Lee said, “As the agreement was broken and the spirit of democracy was damaged, the maintenance of unity was also threatened. Moreover, it appears that they had planned from early on to break unity or erase me.” After revoking the highest position on the 16th, Representative Lee Jun-seok suggested ‘dissolution of the party’ if his will is not carried out regarding ‘full election authority’ and ‘Bae Bok-ju’s entry into the party’, and on the 17th, Representative Lee Jun-seok announced a press conference. has been canceled, and the series of votes that were forced to take place at the highest level on the 19th is said to be ‘planning’. However, CEO Lee Jun-seok denies this.
Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “We have no choice but to return to the way we were before the integration agreement,” and “We will return to a new future.” “We will reorganize the party and quickly establish an election system,” he said. He went on to say, “Even though integration has run aground, my original intention has not run aground, but rather has become stronger,” and added, “I will return to my original intention.”
Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “We will break the monopolistic political structure of the two major incompetent and corrupt parties and create a full-fledged alternative political party that protects the country before the camp and the people before politicians,” and added, “We will not imitate the politics of the struggle of vested interest parties, but will create a new future for the Republic of Korea.” “I will prepare,” he said.
He continued, “We will establish a ‘real Democratic Party’ to replace the Democratic Party, which has been weighed down by moral and legal issues and has fallen into a one-man party, making it difficult to check and replace the government. We will restore the proud spirit, values, and dignity of the Democratic Party.” . “I will change the political world, where lies and fraud are rampant, into a place where honesty and common sense prevail,” he said.
Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “For now, we will fight more fiercely to prevent the ruling party from securing a majority of seats,” and added, “We will focus on the general election and prepare until after the general election.”
The following is the full text of Representative Lee Nak-yeon’s press conference that day on the failure of the merger agreement.
sorry. Let’s start again.
Dear citizens, dear party members,
I bow my head in apology to you all.
We have greatly disappointed you with the frustration of the new party integration.
A poor integration decision led to an embarrassing ending.
The unification of the new party was necessary as a foundation for political reform.
I wanted to achieve integration before the Lunar New Year holiday.
So we made major concessions and hastened integration.
However, we ran into several problems.
I dealt with those problems with three principles.
First, the principle of maintaining unity.
Second, it is the principle of protecting the agreements of integrated entities.
Third, the principle of respecting the spirit of democracy.
However, the consensus of the integrated entities was broken.
Destroying the agreement of February 9,
A proposal to give full election power to one co-representative
It was enforced by a vote of the Supreme Committee.
It cannot be subject to a vote by the Supreme Council.
The spirit of democracy has been damaged.
They label certain people
I tried to rule it out in advance.
The politics of stigma, hatred, and exclusion were followed.
Our dream of overcoming such politics has been trampled.
As consensus breaks down and the spirit of democracy is undermined,
The maintenance of unity was also threatened.
Moreover, they decided to break the integration or erase me.
It appears that it was planned from early on.
Before the integration agreement, we
I had no choice but to go back.
We will return to a new future.
We will reorganize the party and quickly establish an election system.
Although integration ran aground,
My original intention did not go awry, but rather became stronger.
I’ll go back to the basics.
Breaking the monopolistic political structure of the two major incompetent and corrupt parties
Protecting the nation before the camp and the people before politicians.
We will create a full-fledged alternative political party.
The struggle of vested interest parties does not imitate politics,
We will prepare for a new future for Korea.
Overwhelmed by moral and legal issues, it falls into a one-man party.
Replacing the Democratic Party, which has become difficult to check and change the government,
We will establish a ‘real Democratic Party’.
The Democratic Party was proud of
We will restore spirit, value, and dignity.
The political world is full of lies and fraud.
We will change this to a place where honesty and common sense prevail.
Let’s stop the ruling party from securing a majority of seats.
We will fight more fiercely.
We will focus on the general election and prepare until after the general election.
I apologize again to the people and party members.
However, the new party’s fate became clear before the legal merger.
I don’t know if it’s a blessing in disguise.
Because short uncertainty is better than long.
The disappointment experienced by the people and party members today is
To be the hope of tomorrow
We will do our best.
Please forgive our mistakes,
Please accept our loyalty.
thank you
2024-02-20 02:15:00
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