Yoon Geon-young on 'Proportional Democratic Party Possibility' Question: "We Must Keep All Options Open and Respond"

Son Hye-won "If the Democratic Party made a wrong judgment, it should be reversed... Let's create a proportional representation party"

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] Voices are emerging within the ruling party calling for the creation of a 'Proportional Democracy Party.' The Democratic Party leadership criticizes the Future Korea Party's establishment by the United Future Party and draws a line, stating there is no possibility of founding a Proportional Democracy Party.

Yoon Gun-young, former Blue House National Situation Room chief and the Democratic Party candidate for Seoul Guro-eul, appeared on CBS Radio on the morning of the 21st and, when asked if they were considering a Proportional Democracy Party as an extreme choice, said, "There is concern that public sentiment could be distorted in this election," adding, "We need to keep all possibilities open and make a judgment."

Yoon emphasized, "The recent behavior of the conservative opposition party is a cunning political move that nullifies the purpose of the election law revision that took place at the end of last year and the beginning of this year," and said, "This is about responding to the harmful effects."

He further explained, "I think this is not just a problem for the Democratic Party but for the entire progressive bloc," and added, "We need to decide how to respond to the cunning politics of the conservative opposition party."

Independent lawmaker Sohn Hye-won, who is under suspicion of real estate speculation in the Mokpo area of Jeollanam-do, waved to her supporters as she attended the second trial held at the Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 21st. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Son Hye-won, an independent lawmaker classified as pro-Moon Jae-in faction, also said on her YouTube channel 'Son Hye-won TV' the day before, "Those guys from the United Future Party created a proportional representation party, right? I thought the progressive camp couldn't just stand by without doing the same."

She added, "I think we should create a proportional representation party truly for democratic citizens, not a satellite party of the Democratic Party, but one where citizens genuinely elect representatives."

She also said, "If the Democratic Party has made a wrong judgment, we need to undo it," and "Isn't it right for us to do that invisibly through our role?"

However, Son said, "Since I cannot create it myself, I plan to gather opinions with related people and positively review what I had never thought negatively about before."

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