New Alternative Party (South Korea)

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

Not to be confused with Alternative for Germany, The Alternative (Denmark), or Blue Reform.

New Alternatives

대안신당
PresidentChoi Gyung-hwan
Secretary-GeneralKim Jong-hoe
SpokespersonChang Jung-sook
Founded16 July 2019 (within PDP)
12 August 2019 (split from PDP)
Registered17 November 2019
Dissolved24 February 2020
Split fromParty for Democracy and Peace
Merged intoMinsaeng Party
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Social conservatism
Regionalism[1]
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Colours     Green
Seats in the National Assembly
7 / 300
Municipal mayor and Gubernatorial
0 / 17
Municipal Mayors
0 / 226
Seats within local government
17 / 3,750

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:

  • the abolition of conscription; change to volunteer military system
  • to reform the labour market and put restraints on public spending
  • the equal opporunity for all people regardless of its birth place, age, gender, and/or disability
  • semi-presidential system
  • the abolition of the Ministry of Education; replace it to the National Education Committee
gollark: Both of which are bad.
gollark: "Communism" generally implies either central planning or magic let's-all-just-get-along-ism.
gollark: 𝓣𝓞𝓞 𝓑𝓐𝓓, 𝓘 𝓐𝓜 𝓝𝓞𝓣 𝓣𝓗𝓔𝓡𝓔.
gollark: 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙴𝚂 𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙿, 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷.
gollark: 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗.

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. "대안신당, 창준위 인선 완료…인재영입위원장에 천정배(종합)". 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ""가짜 진보·보수 갈아치우자" 대안신당, 창준위 출범". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. "'호남권 제3지대 구축' 모색 대안신당 공식 창당…최경환 당대표 선출". 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. "'호남계 주축' 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…'민생당' 출범". 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. "유성엽 "소득주도성장, 방법 틀려…내년 최저임금 동결 바람직"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. "유성엽 "소득주도성장을 감세·공무원축소로 재설계해야"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. "국회 회의실 사역내용 공개". 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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