Minsaengdang Transitions to Emergency Committee System... "Will Rebirth as an Alternative Party"

'Former Ahn Cheol-soo Faction' Lee Soo-bong Appointed as Emergency Committee Chairman

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 20th, the Minsheng Party transitioned to an emergency response committee system after various twists and turns. The emergency response committee chairman will be Lee Soo-bong, former Ahn Cheol-soo faction member and chairman of the Incheon City Party. The term of the emergency response committee is until the party convention scheduled for the first half of next year.

Chairman Lee held a press conference at the National Assembly in the afternoon and said, “The task of overcoming the two-party system in this general election has failed. The middle ground has lost its place. There is a strong skeptical atmosphere about whether this situation will change in the future or whether a subject capable of changing it can be created,” adding, “The way to overcome this is not words but silent practice. That practice must begin with concrete changes in ourselves.”

Chairman Lee said, “The reason for the existence of the Minsheng Party is as an alternative force to the established political circles that failed to represent the anxiety and fear of the people's lives. It is not about siding with the conflict between progressive and conservative camps,” and added, “We will be reborn as a new alternative party from scratch.”

Chairman Lee emphasized, “The limitation of being an extra-parliamentary party will, conversely, become a new starting point to restore ‘politics as a movement’ outside Yeouido,” and said, “The Minsheng Party will be newly transformed into a strong and dynamic party that can stand against the two major parties by allying with political forces representing socially marginalized groups such as youth and irregular workers who resist vested interests.”

Chairman Lee stated, “We will present an alternative paradigm leading the post-COVID era,” and added, “We will carry out a national participatory policy-making movement to create concrete policy agendas so that it does not remain just a slogan to overcome two-party politics.”

Chairman Lee said, “Although the Minsheng Party suffered a crushing defeat, it never lowered its flag,” and added, “The Minsheng Party is neither a trick satellite party nor a party that looks around cautiously. We will fight without fearing failure and without compromising with the absurd political reality.”

Regarding the possibility of alliance or integration with the People’s Party or the Transition Korea Party, Chairman Lee said, “Basically, we plan to carry out intensive internal innovation of the Minsheng Party,” and added, “Based on that, if there are political forces that share the new paradigm shift and will pursued by the Minsheng Party, integration can be fully discussed.”

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