Former President Park Geun-hye met Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, on the 13th and said, “As the leader of the ruling party, please do well to lead the general election next year and win.”
Former President Park received a courtesy call from Representative Kim at her residence in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, this afternoon and said, “As the representative of the ruling party, I will have a heavy sense of responsibility. As the representative of the ruling party, I must produce good results,” Representative Kim told reporters after the visit.
The meeting lasted for about 50 minutes from around 4:20 pm to 5:10 pm. Policy Committee Chairman Park Dae-chul and Party Leader Koo Ja-geun, Chief of Staff, also attended.
Regarding whether former President Park had any specific opinions regarding the general election, Representative Kim said, “It was not the place to discuss such안전놀이터 things at all,” but added, “For us to win the general election, we need to join forces in the sense that conservatives must unite, so former President Park “I think we need to pool our many experiences and influence together to unite,” he said.
Former President Park said to Representative Kim, “I feel confident and will do well as the leader of the ruling party. I hope that I will do well and achieve good results.”
Former President Park is said to have responded positively to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s request for a meeting.
Representative Kim said, “I told President Yoon that I would visit former President Park Geun-hye today, and he asked me to tell her that I would like to serve her once,” adding, “So I told this to former President Park today, and he responded positively.”
At the meeting, a story was told about how former President Park took over as party leader in 2004 and led the party by moving into a ‘tent party’, and there was also mention of his father, former President Park Chung-hee.
Representative Kim said, “We looked back on the past history of saving the party with the decision to become a tent party when our party was in a crisis situation where it was difficult to recover from a sudden collapse, and also shared opinions on the achievements of former President Park Geun-hye, who led the party to consecutive election victories.” said.
He added, “We looked back on the many contributions former President Park Chung-hee made to make the Republic of Korea the prosperous country it is today, and talked about how one leader can change a country and how important a leader is.”
Since taking office as party leader last March, Representative Kim has announced his intention to visit former President Park and has been coordinating the date.
This is the first time that former President Park met with the leadership of the People Power Party since she was released through a special pardon on December 31, 2021. On April 12th last year, I met with President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was still the elected president.
Regarding the background of the visit on this day, Representative Kim said, “I postponed it because of circumstances inside and outside the party and (former President Park) was in poor health, but I came to visit him ahead of Chuseok. It is the natural duty of a party leader to visit and ask about his current situation.” “He said.
Regarding former President Park’s health, Representative Kim said, “I think my health was poor and my back was bad because I went through a lot of hardships with my English body.” He added, “(Former President Park) said while undergoing rehabilitation treatment, ‘I am much better now than I was then. “I said, ‘It’s good,’” he said.