Fringe conservative politicians who have been marginalized after criticizing President Yoon Suk Yeol are raising their voices again after surviving the ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) devastating defeat in Wednesday’s general elections.Their survival is expected to give the PPP’s anti-Yoon faction a stronger political footing in the conservative bloc’s efforts to salvage itself from the post-election turmoil.Rep. Yun Jae-ok, the PPP’s floor leader and acting chairman, said Friday the party will hold a meeting of senior lawmakers next week to explore ideas on “how the party will pull together after the election loss.””If necessary, we will discuss the party’s future plans with those newly elected [who are not incumbent lawmakers],” Yun said.The participants of the meeting will be those who secured their fourth or higher terms, including Na Kyung-won and Ahn Cheol-soo.

The two both had conflicts with the president and have been marginalized from the party’s mainstream, but each clinched hard-fought victories in regions with neck-and-neck races — Na in the Dongjak-B constituency in Seoul and Ahn in Bundang-A in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.Na, who will be entering her fifth term, vied for the party’s leadership last year but bowed out after suffering open protests from the presidential office and Yoon loyalists within the party, as the president was backing another candidate. The presidential office had also fired her as the vice chair of the presidential population committee.”The future of the ruling party is in peril, and the time of painful self-scrutiny awaits,” Na wrote on Facebook Thursday after confirming her victory. “I will not neglect my responsibility as a ruling party member of 온라인카지노 overseeing and checking the government.”