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Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party, recently had lunch with former President Park Geun-hye, who visited Seoul to mark the 47th anniversary of former President Park Chung-hee's death.
‘NEC reform must produce results until the end’
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hyeon and Cho Daun = People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk said on the 1st that former President Park Geun-hye had asked at a luncheon on the 25th of last month, "We can only protect the Republic of Korea's system by filling it with good talent, winning the next general election, and taking power based on that."
On this day, CEO Jang appeared on MBN's 'Current Affairs Special Jeong Woon-gap's Intensive Analysis' and said, "Since the Lee Jae-myung administration came into power, many systems in the Republic of Korea are collapsing, and (former President Park) said that in order to firmly protect our market economy and liberal democracy system, we must fill it with good talent with a firm belief in protecting these systems."
Representative Jang also said, "Former President Park said that as the leader of the party, it is important to take care of many pending issues, but what we must not miss is that after going through this ballot paper shortage, we must fix the election system to prevent such suspicions from arising in the future and do not miss the issues of reforming the National Election Commission so that we can produce results until the end."
Representative Jang recently had lunch with former President Park when she came to Seoul to pay respects to the gravesite of her father, former President Park Chung-hee, on the 47th anniversary of her death.
Secretary-General Chung Hee-yong, who was present at the time, told Yonhap News, "He congratulated former President Park on becoming the party leader with the longest term in office and told her to lead the party well with Representative Jang at the center and keep the ruling party in check for the good of the country. He also said that he was concerned that the leftist camp's distortion of history is being taught through movies, etc., and also conveyed his concerns about the current security situation, including North Korea's land mine provocation."

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