Another Conservative Party Candidate Recruitment Amid Conflict Between United Party and Hanguk Party

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] While the United Future Party and the Future Korea Party are embroiled in internal conflict over proportional representation candidate nominations, another centrist conservative party, the Hanguk Economy Party, has launched a call for candidates.

The Hanguk Economy Party announced that it will accept applications for district and proportional representation candidates from the 18th to the 21st. A party official stated, "We are already in discussions with several candidates who share centrist conservative values," adding, "There will also be those who join us among those who did not pass the nominations of the United Future Party and the Future Korea Party."

The Hanguk Economy Party conducted opinion polls in consultation with incumbent lawmakers who were eliminated from the United Future Party nominations and are considering running as independents. The results showed that running under the Hanguk Economy Party banner is more competitive than running as an independent.

The Hanguk Economy Party began in 2016 under the name "Pro-Ban Unification Party," led by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and later changed its name to the People's Hope Party, the Economic Patriot Party, and then to its current name earlier this month. According to its party constitution, it is based on "the ideals of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, the peace of the United Nations, and the pursuit of a new economic paradigm," and advocates centrist conservatism. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it has emphasized "anti-Moon Jae-in and anti-China" positions.

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