Yoo Seung-min Says "No Response for a Year on Meeting Park Geun-hye"... Yoo Young-ha Replies "No Reason to Meet"

Yoo Young-ha: "No Reason to Mediate... Let the Citizens of Daegu Decide"

Assemblyman Yoo Young-ha of the People Power Party firmly stated that there is "no reason to meet" in response to former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min's remark that he had expressed his wish to meet with former President Park Geun-hye but had not received a reply for over a year.

On August 28, during an interview on KBS Radio's 'Jungeok Sisa,' Assemblyman Yoo said, "If former Assemblyman Yoo himself believes that the impeachment of former President Park was justified, he can just say that," adding, "I absolutely do not believe the impeachment was justified, and I am confident that this will be rectified."

He continued, "If he is so sure of himself, he can go to Daegu and be judged by its citizens. There is no reason for him to come to us and talk. What possible reason could there be to meet?"

When asked whether he had any intention of mediating the restoration of relations between former President Park and former Assemblyman Yoo, he replied, "There is neither a central role for me to play nor any reason for me to get involved," and added, "It is a matter that the two parties themselves must resolve."

Regarding the 'traitor' label surrounding former Assemblyman Yoo, Assemblyman Yoo said, "The 'traitor' frame is not something we impose; it is the citizens of Daegu and the people who make that evaluation," adding, "There is no need to persuade us—he should persuade the public and the people of Daegu."

Yoo Seung-min, former member of the People Power Party. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Previously, in an interview released the previous day on JoongAng Ilbo's YouTube channel 'Uncomfortable Yeouido,' former Assemblyman Yoo revealed, "I asked Assemblyman Yoo Young-ha to convey my wish to meet former President Park, but I have not received an answer for over a year."

Regarding his desire to meet with former President Park, former Assemblyman Yoo explained, "I am very curious about her thoughts on unification, especially in terms of moving beyond the river of impeachment," adding, "I would like to discuss the issue of the conservative camp being divided over support or opposition to the impeachment."

Former President Park had previously criticized then-Saenuri Party floor leader Yoo Seung-min as engaging in "politics of betrayal" amid conflicts in 2015 over welfare policy, civil servant pension reform, and revisions to the National Assembly Law.

Afterward, former Assemblyman Yoo resigned from his position as floor leader, and amid nomination conflicts and the impeachment of former President Park, the relationship between the two parties was effectively severed.

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