Democratic Party City Councilor Joins 'Awake Citizens Coalition'... "Future Korea Party, Crisis for Democratic Camp"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] A city council member affiliated with the Democratic Party of Korea has left the party and joined the "Awakened Citizens Solidarity Party." The move is intended to counter the satellite party of the United Future Party.

On the 25th, Seongnam City Council member Yoo Jae-ho stated on his Facebook, "Due to the emergence of the Future Korea Party (a satellite party for proportional representation) exploiting the loopholes in the mixed-member proportional representation system, despite the Democratic Party's high approval ratings, a crisis is predicted for the democratic camp," adding, "I will leave the Democratic Party and contribute to the victory of the democratic camp together with awakened citizens."

He expressed concerns that even if the Democratic Party wins in constituency elections, the Future Korea Party's large number of proportional representatives might prevent it from becoming the largest party. Yoo said, "This decision was made personally and independently, with no relation to the Democratic Party."

The Awakened Citizens Solidarity Party formed a preparatory committee last month and plans to officially launch soon. In its founding statement, it declared, "We aim to become a party that unites the organized power of awakened citizens, transcends political engineering, and pursues a fair Republic of Korea based on the fundamental spirit of democracy, striving to become a world leader. We will complete reforms of the prosecution, police, media, and judiciary, and move forward to protect our祖國 (Joguk, homeland)."

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