Park Ji-won "Unification of Small Progressive Parties is the Right Path to Recreate a Progressive Government"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Park Ji-won, a member of the Alternative New Party, advocated for a progressive coalition to win the general election on the 19th.

On the same day, Park said on his Facebook, "The integration, coalition, and competition of progressive forces is the path to President Moon Jae-in's success and the right way to recreate a progressive government."

He continued, "With the 4+1 spirit, by uniting minor progressive parties, we must compete with the Democratic Party and the Justice Party in Honam, and form alliances outside Honam to win the general election," adding, "And after the general election, a grand coalition of progressives and conservatives will make it possible to recreate a progressive government."

Park said, "If the Future Korea Party is founded as a sister party, and if the Democratic Party cannot establish a sister party citing only promises to the public, the introduction of the semi-proportional representation system will be like cooking porridge only to feed the dog, making the Future Korea Party the sole winner," and he added, "If we fail to secure enough seats and cannot implement any reforms through laws and systems, and if we are dragged along by the Korea Party's parliamentary boycott and outdoor protests, the remaining two years of the Moon Jae-in administration will be a failure."

Regarding conservative unification, he said, "I firmly stated that a grand conservative unification would not happen, but they criticized me saying they will definitely unify," and "Of course, I will continue efforts for conservative unification, but I predict it will not succeed."

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