People Party (South Korea, 2020)

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This article is about the party founded by Ahn Cheol-soo in 2020 prior to that year's legislative elections. For the party founded by Ahn in 2016, see People Party (South Korea, 2016) .
People Party
國民의黨
Leader Ahn Cheol-soo
Floor Leader Kwon Eun-hee
Secretary-General Choi Yeon-sook
Chair of the Policy Planning Committee Hong Sung-pil
Registered 23 February 2020 [1]
Dissolved 18 April 2022 [2]
Split from Bareunmirae Party
Merged into People Power
Ideology
Political position Centre [7] to centre-right [8] [9] [10]
Colours
  •   Orange [11]
  •   Navy blue
Slogan A smaller but larger party,
Shared party,
Innovation party! [12]
Website
peopleparty .kr
People Party
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gungminuidang
McCune?Reischauer Kungmin?idang
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The People Party ( Korean :  國民의黨 ; lit.   Party of Nationals ; PP ) was a political party in South Korea . The party was founded by Ahn Cheol-soo in February 2020, after leaving the Bareunmirae Party . [13] It has the same name as the People Party , which was also founded by Ahn and existed from 2016 to 2018.

In the 2020 South Korean legislative election , the party won three representatives for the National Assembly.

The People Party dissolved in April 2022 after merging with the conservative People Power Party . [2]

Political positions [ edit ]

The party was the successor of the liberal People Party in 2018, but had become more economically liberal overall. People Party is described as a liberal [3] and conservative [4] party. [14]

People Party had somewhat more moderate liberal social positions than the previous old People Party, but it is not free from social conservatism . [15] [16] Ahn Cheol-soo , a key figure of the party, has expressed a negative stance on Seoul's LGBT Pride parade event, called "kwieo-chukje" ( Korean :  퀴어 祝祭 ; Hanja :  퀴어 祝祭 ; lit.  Queer Festival) in Gwanghwamun, Seoul . [17] However, PP did not consistently stress a social conservative stance because it wished to present an image of "alternative politics," and to that end also criticized the conservative PPP in addition to the left-liberal DPK , which are the two "huge political parties" ( Korean :  巨大 兩黨 ; Hanja :  巨大兩黨 ). Ahn had criticized both Yoon Seok-youl of the PPP as well as Lee Jae-myung of the DPK for putting too much emphasis on men in their 20s and promoting misogyny . [18]

Merger and dissolution [ edit ]

On 18 April 2022, party leader Ahn Cheol-soo agreed with a merger with the mainstream conservative People Power Party . This came after Ahn withdrew from the March 2022 Presidential Election in favor of endorsing Yoon Seok-youl for President. Yoon won the election by a narrow margin of 0.7%. [2]

Parliamentary leader for the People Party, Kwon Eun-hee, rejected the merger idea. She stated "I cannot accept the idea of the merger when it only helps to entrench further the nation's political system, which is led primarily by the two major parties, thereby limiting the voices of minor parties." Kwon has requested a release from the Party and from the party unification plans so that she can keep her seat as an independent proportional representative lawmaker in the National Assembly.

Electoral results [ edit ]

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2020 Ahn Cheol-soo 1,896,719 6.80
3 / 47
3 / 300
4th Opposition

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ 이경진 (23 February 2020). "국민의당, 오늘 中央黨 創黨…"사즉생 覺悟로 旣得權 壁 뚫을것" " . KBS (in Korean).
  2. ^ a b c "(LEAD) Main opposition party, minor party announce merger" . 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "UFP tentatively adopts 'People's Power' as new moniker" . Korea JoongAng Daily . 31 August 2020 . Retrieved 8 January 2022 . Kim said he was not concerned with the name's similarity to the liberal People's Party.
  4. ^ a b "Stumbles on Ukraine; Final Debate Looms: South Korea Election" . Bloomberg.com . 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ 安哲秀 "國民 뜻 謙虛히 受容"…大權 行路 먹구름
  6. ^ 國民의黨 政策公約집 - 總選 2好公約
  7. ^ 김형원 (22 February 2020). "安 "외로워도 中道 政治"… 安哲秀系 2名째 統合黨 入黨" . The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean) . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .
  8. ^ "統合黨·國民의黨 합친 '國民未來포럼'…"野圈 統合 첫발" (The 'People's Future Forum' combined with UFP and PP... "First step in integrating opposition parties")" . JoongAng Ilbo . 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ Cory Bisbee (17 April 2020). "COVID-19 Factor Powers South Korea's Ruling Party to Historic Victory" . The Diplomat . Minor parties won just 12 seats ? six for Sim Sang-jeung's progressive Justice Party, three for Ahn Cheol-soo's revived and now center-right People's Party, and three for the splinter liberal Open Democratic Party.
  10. ^ "Prospect grows for opposition coalition" . The Korea Herald . 5 July 2021 . Retrieved 15 July 2020 . Cooperative moves gained traction since the right-wing United Future Party, the largest opposition party with 103 lawmakers, and center-right People's Party with three lawmakers launched a joint study program called the People's Future Forum in early June, where party leaders and lawmakers share and discuss the future course of their policy directions.
  11. ^ Bae Jae-Sung (13 February 2020). "민중당 "黨色 朱黃色 가로챘다"…안철수 側 "우린 오렌지色" " . 中央日報 .
  12. ^ People Party
  13. ^ " '외로운 中道' 닻 올리는 國民의黨…突風될까 微風될까" . 每日經濟 (in Korean). 23 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Main opposition candidate seeks to stand on his own" . The Korea Times . 6 January 2020 . Retrieved 8 January 2022 . It is also probable that he will seek to form a coalition with the moderate-conservative People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo.
  15. ^ " '아줌마' 呼稱에 差別 發言까지...성인지 感受性은 어디로?" . Hankook Ilbo . 28 March 2021.
  16. ^ "죽음 앞에서도 멈추지 않는 嫌惡와 嘲弄, 性小數者의 現實" . Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation . 14 March 2021.
  17. ^ "安哲秀 '퀴어 祝祭 拒否할 權利' 主張…'嫌惡 助長' 論難 餘震" . Hankyoreh . 19 February 2021.
  18. ^ "安哲秀 "尹·洪, 이대남 눈치보며 女性公約…李在明, 便가르기" " . JoongAng Ilbo . 11 October 2020 . Retrieved 13 November 2021 . 安哲秀 國民의黨 代表가 李在明 더불어民主黨 大選候補와 國民의힘 大選走者인 尹錫悅 前 檢察總長, 홍준표 議員을 向해 " 女性 卑下 大選候補들의 번지르르한 女性 公約"이라며 " 女性을 嫌惡 하고 막말과 辱說로 女性을 無慘히 짓밟는 候補들이 번지르르한 公約을 내놓는다고 해서, 女性의 安全과 人權을 지켜낼 수 있다고 믿기는 어렵다"고 主張했다.

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