Roh gets an ultimatum from his own Uri Party

JoongAng Daily, November 30, 2006 (print date)

Source: He was told to stay or leave by Dec. 9

President Roh Moo-hyun was given an ultimatum Saturday: stay in the Uri Party or choose the Grand National Party by Dec. 9, according to a well-placed Uri source who declined to be named.

Mr. Roh's indirect response to party chairman and longtime rival Kim Geun-tae was to offer to launch a negotiating council with the Grand National Party, which that party then rejected. Yesterday Mr. Roh hinted he might leave the Uri Party.