Kim Jaewon: "Although the unified party color is pink... I will wear red clothes during the campaign"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Preparatory Committee for the Unified New Party decided on the 13th to name the new party 'Mirae Tonghapdang' and chose 'Millennial Pink' as the party's symbolic color. However, the Liberty Korea Party announced its intention to continue campaigning in the traditional red color for this election.

On the 14th, Kim Jae-won, the Policy Committee Chair of the Liberty Korea Party, appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and stated, "Even if the color changes together, I think we will have to use it alongside the existing color."

He said, "The color of a political party is extremely important in imprinting the party on the public. Currently, candidates nationwide are already using a deep red color as our party's color," adding, "Especially for campaign attire and promotional materials, it is impossible to change the color now."

Kim, the Policy Committee Chair, said, "While it might be possible to use such a color to symbolize that the party has changed, it is practically impossible to campaign with that color in this election," and added, "If we were to order campaign jackets immediately, it would take about three months for manufacturers to prepare such attire at that cost, so even if we ordered jackets in that color now, we would not be able to receive them in time."

He also stated that the possibility of the party name being rejected is low. Kim said, "The Democratic Party and the Democratic United Party are different, and the Democratic Korea Party and the Democratic United Party are also different, so there is accumulated practical data on whether party names were allowed or not in the past," adding, "Parties with the name 'Mirae' (Future) or 'Tonghap' (Unified) have appeared many times before, so there is no problem with that."

However, he expressed concern, saying, "Since there is little or no commonality with the Liberty Korea Party we used to have, it is true that there is worry about whether this will be properly conveyed to voters with about 60 days left before the election."

Amid the rising prominence of livelihood issues ahead of the election, regarding the three lawmakers Kim Du-gwan, Kim Bu-kyung, and Kim Young-chun, who declared their candidacy in the Yeongnam region and advocated for supplementary budget allocation, he criticized, "Given the shortage of tax revenue and the significant increase in debt, whether the proposal to allocate a supplementary budget is reasonable requires careful consideration," adding, "They might have simply called for supplementary budget allocation as an election strategy without reviewing how the budget was allocated or whether it is being properly executed."

Regarding President Moon Jae-in's meeting with heads of large corporations, he pointed out, "If he had earlier engaged in dialogue with economic stakeholders, listened to their difficulties, and reflected them in policies, the economy might not have deteriorated to this state," adding, "Even yesterday, businesspeople actively working in the economic field demanded labor reform, tariff and aviation tariff reductions, and deregulation of businesses, but it seems these demands were ignored while efforts were focused on hindering businesses."

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