Party for People's Livelihood
민생당
LeaderSeo Jin-hee
Secretary-GeneralKim Chang-wan
Founded24 February 2020
Merger of
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4][5][6] to centre-right[7][8]
Colours  Green
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Website
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Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMinsaengdang
McCune–ReischauerMinsaengtang
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The Minsaeng Party (Korean: 민생당; Hanja: 民生黨; RR: Minsaengdang; lit. Party for People's Livelihoods) is a conservative liberal political party in South Korea based in the Honam region.

Political position

The party has a support base among elderly and socially conservative Christians in the Honam region.[2] The Democratic Peace Party, a former Honam regionalist party, strongly opposed abortion, but Minsaeng Party has no official position on abortion.

On the LGBT issue, MPs expressed their opposition to same-sex marriage, but criticized some socially conservative member of the Democratic Party of Korea's hostile tendencies toward LGBT people.[9]

History

The party was formed on 24 February 2020 by the merger of three parties—Bareunmirae Party, New Alternatives and Party for Democracy and Peace. Ten days before, all three parties agree to be merged and re-founded as a new party.[10]

Originally, the party was planned to be formed as the Democratic Unified Party (민주통합당) on 17 February.[10] However, on the day of the agreement, the Bareunmirae President Sohn Hak-kyu showed his objection.[10] In addition, on 18 February, the National Election Commission did not allow the upcoming party to use the name as it sounds similar to the extra-parliamentary United Democratic Party.[11]

All three parties then again signed the agreement after the leaderships of all of them decided to resign on 20 February.[12] On 24 February, 3 parties were finally merged and officially re-founded with the current name.[13]

It lost all seats in the 2020 election.[14]

In the 2021 by-elections, the party President Lee Su-bong contested for the Seoul mayorship.[15][16] Despite his less supports, he was able to appear on television debates, as Ahn Cheol-soo, who contested under the banner of its predecessor, Bareunmirae Party, received 19.55% 3 years ago.[15][16] Nevertheless, he received 0.23% and came far behind of Park Young-sun and Oh Se-hoon, and even Huh Kyung-young.[17]

On 19 April 2021, the former party president Kim Jung-hwa made an announcement to quit the party, although she mentioned that she has no willingness to retire from politics.[18]

On 4 May 2021, Lee Su-bong was suspended from the party for a year.[19]

Election results

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % +/- Votes % +/- No. +/–
2020 Kim Jung-hwa
Yu Sung-yup 		415,473 1.5 new 758,778 2.7 new
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References

  1. ^ "손학규·정동영 등 칩거 민생당, 대선 국면 전환점 노리나". 노컷뉴스. 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "목포 기독교 교계 지도자들 "민생당 박지원 후보 지지" 선언". 호남타임즈. 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The launch of the Honam-based 'Party for People's Livelihoods'...To co-chair Rep. from North Jeolla Province" (in Korean). Jeonbuk Ilbo. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Jung Da-min (2 April 2020). "Political parties officially kick off election campaigns". The Korea Times.
  5. ^ Bisbee, Cory (17 April 2020). "COVID-19 Factor Powers South Korea's Ruling Party to Historic Victory". The Diplomat.
  6. ^ Ser Myo-ja (13 March 2020). "DP to join initiative to form satellite party". Korea JoongAng Daily.
  7. ^ Yi, Joseph; Lee, Wondong (22 April 2020). "After the 2020 Parliamentary Elections, What's Next for South Korean Politics?". The Diplomat.
  8. ^ Sanghun Lee (9 July 2020). "The substance of a Korean Green New Deal is still being defined". Eco Business. During South Korea's parliamentary election in mid-April, which was the world's first national election amid the pandemic, the ruling centrist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the centre-right Party for People's Livelihoods (PPL), the centre-left Justice Party (JP) and the left Green Party Korea (GPK) all made pledges around a "Green New Deal"
  9. ^ "민주당 "성소수자 문제 소모적" 발언에 민생·정의 "차별적 인식"". KBS NEWS. 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "민주통합당 vs 안철수 국민의당…여당의 호남 상대는 누구?". 16 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. ^ "선관위, "호남신당 '민주통합당' 당명 사용불가" 유권해석". 18 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  12. ^ "바른미래·대안·평화 24일 합당…손학규 포함 지도부 사퇴". 20 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  13. ^ "'호남계 주축' 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…'민생당' 출범". 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  14. ^ "민생당, 창당 두달만에 교섭단체서 원외정당으로…사실상 '소멸'". 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  15. ^ a b "박·오에 가려졌던 민생당 이수봉, 3자 토론서 의외의 존재감". 31 March 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b "박영선·오세훈 다 때린 미친 존재감, 민생당 이수봉이 누구야?". 31 March 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  17. ^ "허경영 1% 벽 넘었다…'모두 까기' 이수봉 0.23%". 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  18. ^ "김정화, 민생당 탈당… "이상과 꿈은 내려놓지 않을 것"". 19 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  19. ^ "민생당, 이수봉 비대위원장 징계 두고 내홍". 5 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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