President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed a luncheon meeting with the emergency committee members of ruling People Power Party(PPP) including former interim leader Han Dong-hoon, but Han declined the proposal citing health reasons. 

The former PPP chair said on Sunday that he received a call from the presidential chief of staff on Friday afternoon asking if a luncheon would be possible on Monday, and he politely declined. 

PPP spokesperson Jung Hee-yong said that the presidential office also delivered President Yoon’s proposal via PPP floor leader and acting chairman Yun Jae-ok last Friday. 

The luncheon is unlikely to take place for a while due to Han’s ill health. 

A senior official at Yoon’s office said that the office could seek the meeting again when Han’s condition improves, adding that no specific schedule has been set yet.