Kim Dong-yeon to Hold Central Party Founding Convention on 19th... Full-Scale Preparation for Presidential Election

Former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kim Dong-yeon, who declared his candidacy for the presidential election, is announcing his fourth campaign pledge at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 23rd. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Kim Dong-yeon, the preparatory committee chairman for the founding of Saerounmulgyeol, will hold the founding convention on the 19th. After the party is established, Chairman Kim plans to officially proceed with the presidential candidate registration process.

Chairman Kim's side announced in a press release on the 16th, "We will hold the Saerounmulgyeol founding convention on the 19th."

The central party founding convention will be held at the Federation of Korean Industries building in Yeouido, Seoul. Considering the spread of COVID-19, it will be conducted on a small scale with executives from five district parties.

The event will be held simultaneously offline and in the 'metaverse.' Regarding this, Chairman Kim stated, "We will conduct election campaigns like a political startup through online platforms such as the metaverse and communicate our vision and philosophy to the public through various communication channels."

Previously, Chairman Kim continued preparations by establishing six regional parties including the Busan City Party, Gyeongnam Province Party, Chungbuk Province Party, Chungnam Province Party, Daejeon City Party, and Gyeonggi Province Party.

On the 6th, he posted on Facebook, "Last weekend, we successfully held the Saerounmulgyeol founding conventions for the Gyeonggi, Chungbuk, and Chungnam provincial parties," adding, "Including the founding conventions for the Busan and Gyeongnam provincial parties two weeks ago, by completing the establishment of five metropolitan city and provincial parties, Saerounmulgyeol finished the central party founding preparations as stipulated by the Political Parties Act in less than two weeks, the fastest time ever."

He continued, "We declare war on the political establishment," and said, "With the founding of the central party, we will continue the 'rebellion from below' that overturns the major parties and political establishment."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.