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New Alternative Party (South Korea)

New Alternative Party (South Korea)

2019–2020 political party in South Korea


The New Alternatives (Korean: 대안신당) was a South Korean political party founded in 2020.

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History

The New Alternatives was originally organised by the conservative dissidents of the Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP) on 16 July 2019, as the Alternative Political Alliance of Change and Hope (Korean: 변화와 희망의 대안정치연대). It was initially a part of PDP, but then split from PDP on 12 August.

It was refounded as a preparatory committee on 17 November, with the current name.[2][3] It contains 8 MPs[3] but one of them (Chang Jung-sook) is a PR of Bareunmirae Party who would like to exit. Lee Yong-joo and Chung In-hwa was excluded.

On 12 January 2020, it held the official formation convention and elected Choi Gyung-hwan as its president.[4]

It planned to be the largest party in the 2020 election.[3] However, on 24 February 2020, it was merged into the Minsaeng Party.[5]

Ideology

The New Alternatives described themselves as the "third position" and is willing to refuse both "fake conservatives" and "fake progressives".[3] Nevertheless, its former chairman, Yu Sung-yup, is economically liberal opposes Keynesian economic policy and minimum wages, and advocates tax reductions.[6][7] Another member, Lee Yoon-suk, a former MP, opposes same-sex marriage and Islam.[8]

The party adopted the "5 manifestos",[3] which supports:


References

  1. "The merger of the three Honam region political parties - the Bareunmirae Party, New Alternatives, and the Democratic and Peace Party" (in Korean). Hankyoreh. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "국회 회의실 사역내용 공개". 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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