Bareunmirae Party

Bareunmirae Party
바른미래당
Bareunmiraedang
Leader Sohn Hak-kyu
Floor leader Kim Kwan-young
Secretary General Lee Tae-kyu
Chairman of the Policy Planning Committee Ji Sang-wook
Founded 13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) (de facto)
Merger of People's Party
Bareun Party
Ideology Big tent
internal factions:
Liberalism
Radical centrism[1]
Conservatism[2]
Republicanism[3]
Political position Centre[4] to centre-right[5]
National Assembly
30 / 300
Metropolitan mayor and Gubernatorial
0 / 17
Municipal Mayors
0 / 226
Seats within local government
26 / 3,750
Website
http://bareunmirae.kr
Bareunmirae Party
Hangul 바른미래당
Hanja 바른未來黨
Revised Romanization Bareunmiraedang
McCune–Reischauer Parŭnmiraedang

The Bareunmirae Party[6][7][8] (Korean: 바른미래당), also known as the Bareun Mirae Party[9][10] and Bareun Future Party,[11][12] is a South Korean political party founded in 2018 by merger of the centrist People's Party and the centre-right Bareun Party.[11]

History

Founding

In January 2018, leaders of the party's predecessors announced their plan to merge, in an effort to form a centrist bloc and consolidate their parliamentary standings before local elections.[13][14]

The merger was noted to be a bold political experiment, as People's Party is rooted in the Jeolla Provinces, while Bareun Party is rooted in the Gyeongsang Provinces.[11]

The party was formally established on 13 February 2018.

The merger was commented as being "hasty", as it was announced before the two respective parties underwent due process to confirm the union[13], and was seen as an attempt to consolidate the plan amidst opposition.[13] The merger plan faced opposition from members of both parties, citing concerns over differences in ideology and policy, particularly over differing stances on dealing with North Korea.[14]

Internal split-off

The plan to form the Bareunmirae Party faced opposition from the faction of the People's Party associated with the provinces of North and South Jeolla (both of which are noted to be liberal-leaning provinces).[13] Opposition within the People's Party led to 16 of its lawmakers, including Park Jie-won and Chung Dong-young, to announce plans for a new party.[15] The lawmakers were noted to having belonged to a faction that was closely associated with late former President Kim Dae-jung.[15] The new party, named Party for Democracy and Peace, was launched on 6 February 2018 alongside Bareunmirae, with the merging of the People's Party and Bareun Party.[16]

List of leaders

Chairpersons

No. Chairperson Tenure
1 Co-leadership
Park Joo-sun   Yoo Seong-min
 13 February 2018 15 June 2018
— Kim Dong-cheol 15 June 2018 2 September 2018
2 Sohn Hak-kyu 2 September 2018 Incumbent

Assembly leaders (Floor leaders)

No. Chairperson Tenure
1 Kim Dong-cheol 13 February 2018 25 June 2018
2 Kim Kwan-young 25 June 2018 Incumbent

Election results

Local elections

Election Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature Election leader
2018
0 / 17
5 / 824
0 / 226
21 / 2,927
 Yoo Seung-min
Park Joo-sun

References

  1. ↑ http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2017080410360423592
  2. ↑ http://news.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_serial=1075446&g_menu=050220
  3. ↑ http://m.news.naver.com/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=009&aid=0004100584
  4. ↑ "South Korean politicians to negotiate constitutional revision". United Press International. 26 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "For South Korean conservatives, Trump adds to deep political problems". Washington Post. 15 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lawmakers Propose String of Bills against Sexual Misconduct". KBS World Radio. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. ...The minor opposition Bareunmirae Party proposed a ‘Lee Youn-taek law’...
  7. ↑ "Merged Bareunmirae Party Launches Tuesday". KBS World Radio. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Donations to ruling party increase 20 pct: watchdog". Yonhap News. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  9. ↑ "New centrist party vows to beat two major parties". Korea Times. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  10. ↑ "New party with 30 parliament seats launches in Korea", Arirang, 2018-02-14, retrieved 2018-02-17
  11. 1 2 3 "Two minor parties merge to create new centrist party". Yonhap. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "South Korea President Moon's approval rating rises for 2 weeks on inter-Korean dialogue mood". The Straits Times. Xinhua News Agency. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. The approval scores for the conservative Bareun Future Party fell 0.3 percentage points to 6.8 per cent...
  13. 1 2 3 4 Choi, Ha-young (18 January 2018). "Two minor parties declare merger". The Korea Times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Leaders of People's Party, Bareun Party declare merger". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Yonhap. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  15. 1 2 Jo, He-rim (28 January 2018). "People's Party dissenters establish preparation committee for new party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ↑ Jo, He-rim (6 February 2018). "People's Party defectors launch new liberal party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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