Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party (PPP), and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform Party, held a luncheon meeting on Friday.
The two party leaders are reported to have discussed ways to keep the ruling party's legislative dominance in check. In particular, they are known to have reached agreement on a joint response to the "Special Parliamentary Investigation Committee on Allegations of Fabricated Prosecutions by the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration's Politicized Prosecution," which has been led by the Democratic Party of Korea.
However, both sides drew a clear line on the subject of a conservative electoral alliance ahead of the June 3 local elections. A PPP official explained, "It was a meeting to build consensus on the need to join forces in the struggle against the ruling party and to have related discussions." A Reform Party official said, "We discussed various pending issues including the need to check the Democratic Party's legislative steamrolling," adding, "An alliance for the local elections was not a topic of conversation."