The "Liberal Korea Party" held a "people's meeting" on Jan. 31, which involved the "Neo-conservative Party" and other conservative political parties and organizations, but the "Neo-conservative Party" did not make clear its stance on the merger and, contrary to the idea of Hwang, no progress was made in the discussions of the merger, said the editorial.

Pointing out that only the merger of some individuals and conservative evils is being stepped up, it condemned the LKP for building a "pro-Park new party."