Ahn Cheol-soo's New Party → People's Party → People's Party... Approval Rating at 3% for 2 Consecutive Weeks

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] The new party led by former lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo has been named the People’s Party, after going through the names Ahn Cheol-soo New Party and the National Party. This is because the National Election Commission prohibited the use of the name National Party following the rejection of the name Ahn Cheol-soo New Party. The New Party Founding Preparation Committee held an emergency meeting on the 14th, decided on the name People’s Party, and submitted the application to the Central Election Commission.

Former lawmaker Ahn visited the Central Election Commission in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on the same day to protest the two rejections of the party name. Ahn said, “I can only give a bitter smile. I don’t know what they are afraid of to make such an unreasonable decision,” and criticized, “Isn’t this an attempt to block the birth of a new reform party, as if trying to prevent a legitimate prosecution investigation?”

Ahn added, “The more this happens, the more convinced I am that the path we want to take is the right one,” and said, “No matter what obstacles arise, we will overcome them together with the people who desire reform and change.”

Meanwhile, the Ahn Cheol-soo New Party has stagnated at a support rate in the 3% range. According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from the 11th to the 13th targeting 1,001 people aged 18 and over (with a 95% confidence level and a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points), the support rate for the Ahn Cheol-soo New Party was recorded at 3%, Gallup Korea announced on the 14th. The Democratic Party of Korea recorded 37%, the Liberty Korea Party 21%, the Justice Party 5%, and both the Bareunmirae Party and the New Conservative Party recorded 3% each. For more details, refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

Gallup Korea explained, “Although the new party name promoted by former lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo was adopted as the National Party, since a situation could arise where the party name changes during the survey, we conducted the survey under the name Ahn Cheol-soo New Party as in the previous week.”

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