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Article: Roh, Uri Party chairman remain wide apart over future of ruling party.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- December 2, 2006
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SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The prolonged conflict between President Roh Moo-hyun and the ruling Uri Party appears to be spinning out of control, with Roh and Uri Party leaders publicly exchanging criticism of each other.Roh's office reiterated Friday that the president has no intention to bolt from the ruling party and denounced Uri Party Chairman Kim Geun-tae for distorting the president's vision for the future of the party."President Roh has never suggested his defection from the Uri Party as a fait accompli," Roh's chief of staff Lee Byung-wan told reporters. The president is just opposed to the Uri Party's move to merge with the minority Democratic Party, which ...