People Party (South Korea)
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People Party 국민의당 | |
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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] |
Split from | Bareunmirae Party |
Ideology | Conservative liberalism[2] Economic liberalism[3] |
Political position | Center[4] to center-right[5][6][7] |
Colours | Orange |
Slogan | A smaller but larger party, Shared party, Innovation party![8] |
Seats in the National Assembly | 3 / 300 |
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors | 0 / 17 |
Municipal Mayors | 0 / 226 |
Seats within local government | 2 / 2,927 |
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Revised Romanization | Gungminuidang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kungminŭidang |
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The People Party (Korean: 국민의당; Hanja: 國民의黨; RR: Gungminuidang) or Party of Nationals[note 1] is a political party in South Korea. Its symbolic color is orange.[9] The party was founded by Ahn Cheol-soo in February 2020, after leaving the Bareunmirae Party.[10] 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.
Political positions[]
The party is the successor of the liberal People Party in 2018, but has become more economically liberal overall. People Party is described as a liberal[11] and moderate-conservative party.[12]
People Party has somewhat more moderate liberal social positions than the previous old People Party, but it is not free from social conservatism.[13][14] 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 축제; Hanja: 퀴어 祝祭; lit. Queer Festival) in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.[15] However, PP does not consistently stress a social conservative stance because it wishes to present an image of "alternative politics," and to that end also criticises the conservative PPP in addition to the left-liberal DPK, which are the two "huge political parties" (Korean: 거대 양당; Hanja: 巨大兩黨). Ahn has criticised 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.[16]
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Notes[]
- ^ In Korean, '국민' can mean 'People' or 'Nation' in English.
References[]
- ^ 이경진 (23 February 2020). "국민의당, 오늘 중앙당 창당…"사즉생 각오로 기득권 벽 뚫을것"". KBS (in Korean).
- ^ 권은희 “국민의당은 보수 야당”…통합당과 연대 시동 [Kwon Eun-hee said, "The People's Party is a conservative opposition party." It has started solidarity with UFP.]. KBS NEWS (in Korean). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ 국민의당 정책공약집 - 총선 2호공약
- ^ 김형원 (22 February 2020). "安 "외로워도 중도 정치"… 안철수계 2명째 통합당 입당". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "통합당·국민의당 합친 '국민미래포럼'…"야권 통합 첫발" (The 'People's Future Forum' combined with UFP and PP... "First step in integrating opposition parties")". 중앙일보. 10 June 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ People Party
- ^ Bae Jae-Sung (13 February 2020). "민중당 "당색 주황색 가로챘다"…안철수 측 "우린 오렌지색"". 중앙일보.
- ^ "'외로운 중도' 닻 올리는 국민의당…돌풍될까 미풍될까". 매일경제 (in Korean). 23 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'아줌마' 호칭에 차별 발언까지...성인지 감수성은 어디로?". Hankook Ilbo. 28 March 2021.
- ^ "죽음 앞에서도 멈추지 않는 혐오와 조롱, 성소수자의 현실". Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. 14 March 2021.
- ^ "안철수 '퀴어 축제 거부할 권리' 주장…'혐오 조장' 논란 여진". Hankyoreh. 19 February 2021.
- ^ "안철수 "尹·洪, 이대남 눈치보며 여성공약…이재명, 편가르기"". JoongAng Ilbo. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
안철수 국민의당 대표가 이재명 더불어민주당 대선후보와 국민의힘 대선주자인 윤석열 전 검찰총장, 홍준표 의원을 향해 "여성 비하 대선후보들의 번지르르한 여성 공약"이라며 "여성을 혐오하고 막말과 욕설로 여성을 무참히 짓밟는 후보들이 번지르르한 공약을 내놓는다고 해서, 여성의 안전과 인권을 지켜낼 수 있다고 믿기는 어렵다"고 주장했다.
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