Lee Jun-seok's 3 Proposals, Lee Nak-yeon's 2 Oppositions
Lee Jun-seok Announced Then Canceled Emergency Press Conference
Leadership Agreed on All Running for Their Constituencies
The Reform New Party, a third-zone unified party, experienced internal conflict over issues such as election command leadership and the nomination of former Justice Party Vice-Chair Bae Bok-ju as a proportional representative candidate. On the 17th, Representative Lee Jun-seok planned to hold a press conference to express his position after Co-Representative Lee Nak-yeon rejected two of his three proposals, but he canceled it. This is interpreted as an intention to take time to gather opinions.
According to Reform New Party officials on the 17th, Representative Lee Jun-seok proposed to Co-Representative Lee Nak-yeon that ▲he, having presidential election command experience, should hold the election command authority, ▲former Vice-Chair Bae Bok-ju should declare she will not run as a proportional representative, and ▲all party leadership members should run in local constituencies.
However, Co-Representative Lee Nak-yeon rejected Lee Jun-seok’s proposal to have Kim Yong-nam and Kim Man-heum, co-chairs of the Policy Committee, oversee overall election policy promotion, and instead insisted on going through the 'Supreme Council review process.'
Regarding former Vice-Chair Bae Bok-ju, who faces strong opposition from the existing Reform New Party supporters, Lee Nak-yeon’s side opposed the proposal to have the Supreme Council decide on her declaration not to run as a proportional representative, arguing that 'decision-making by the Supreme Council is politics of exclusion.'
After having two proposals rejected, Representative Lee Jun-seok had scheduled a press conference at 10 a.m. on the 17th to state his position but announced its cancellation around 9 a.m. that day. It is seen as a move to narrow differences in views over time.
It is known that both sides agreed on the proposal that 'all leadership members declare their candidacy in local constituencies.'
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