Lee Nak-yon, the senior advisor of the New Future Democratic Party, said on the 17th, "I will cooperate with anyone who shares the same intention of overcoming the crisis, political reform, and social integration."
On this day, the senior advisor attended the 'Constitutional Amendment Coalition National Convention' held at the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan and stated, "I am prepared to devote everything I have to solving the three major national tasks, but this cannot be achieved by the strength of just one faction."
However, the senior advisor noted, "I am not interested in factionalism for the sake of power, to seize power or to avoid losing power," and said, "I will not just hold hands with anyone because I am lonely."
The senior advisor directed criticism at the Democratic Party, from which he had defected, saying, "When the government is trying to engage in tariff negotiations with the United States, which faction is insisting that those negotiations should not happen?" He added, "Is there perhaps some potential competitor (acting Prime Minister Han Duck-soo) trying to sabotage it because they are afraid of facing difficulties in their presidential election? End this foolish politics."
The senior advisor, representing the anti-Lee Jae-myung faction, also asked, "What has the Democratic Party done for the people in the past three years other than protect Lee Jae-myung?" He questioned, "If we are going to make someone who is protected by absurd means into the president, how will the rule of law in South Korea be maintained, and what will happen to democracy?"
The senior advisor remarked on the People Power Party, stating, "If you have let South Korea fall into a country where martial law is declared, you must profoundly reflect and kneel before the people to apologize, yet you are still making nonsensical claims about opposing impeachment or the inevitability of martial law." He also warned the People Power Party, saying, "It will be difficult to gain the trust of the public without a level of reform that leads to the dissolution of the party. Now, abandon the impeached former President Yoon Seok-youl."
Furthermore, the senior advisor stated that there should be an early presidential election through a 'third zone coalition' and that constitutional amendments must be achieved.
He emphasized, "Factions cannot save the country. We must elect a unifying leader as president who will propose a coalition government to moderate and rational individuals from the two major parties to form a cabinet," and said, "Let’s hold a constitutional referendum in the local elections next year at the earliest, or by the 2028 general election at the latest."