Rep. Lee Hak-jae of the Bareun Mirae Party will leave the Bareun Mirae Party and return to the Liberty Korea Party on Wednesday. As the reinstatement of Bareun Mirae Party lawmaker, which Kim Byung-joon, chairman of the ruling Uri Party's emergency committee, has postponed since the party's floor leader primary, has become a reality, it is likely that the reform of the pan-conservative camp will start.

"Lee will officially announce his intention to join the Korean party after leaving the Bareun Future Party at a press conference on Wednesday," Lee said in a telephone interview. Lee is expected to announce at a press conference that he has decided to reinstate the Korean party in a bid to pave the way for the conservative integration. "When the conservatives were in crisis after the Choi Soon-sil scandal, we went out for two years and tried our best, but this turned out to be a division of the conservatives," Lee said. 메이저사이트


Rep. Lee's reinstatement is a prearranged sequence. Kim Byung-joon, chairman of the emergency committee, told a closed meeting earlier this month that some lawmakers of the Bareun Future Party were willing to reinstate him. However, Lee's reinstatement coincided with the party's floor leader election, and the party decided to delay the reinstatement for a while in fear of possible factional conflict. When the Dong-A Ilbo reported on January 29, Lee said, "It is true that I am deeply concerned about the reform and integration of the conservatives," adding, "But now, it is the regular session period that deals with next year's budget, so I will tell my position after the regular session ends."

The possibility of reshuffling the opposition camp has increased, taking advantage of Lee's departure. As the anti-Moon alliance widens the scope of exchange between the Korean party and the Bareun Mirae Party, a unified presidential election is being formed ahead of the general elections in 2020. In particular, it is highly likely that the consolidation of opposition parties will accelerate based on the judgment of the new leadership that will be elected at the party's national convention in February next year. Lawmakers of the Bareun Future Party, a former Bareun Party, also reportedly consider February next year as a watershed for conservative integration.

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