[Breaking] Minju and Yeollin Minju Agree to Merge Under the Party Name 'Deobureo Minjudang'

Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] The Democratic Party of Korea and the Open Democratic Party announced an agreement on the 26th to unify under the party name "The Democratic Party of Korea."

On the same day, the Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party held a signing ceremony and announced this unification agreement at the National Assembly, attended by representatives Song Young-gil and Choi Kang-wook, among others.

The two parties agreed to pursue political reforms including ▲ an open nomination system for proportional representation members of the National Assembly ▲ a limit on National Assembly members serving more than three terms ▲ a recall system for National Assembly members, and decided to form a party-political reform special committee with equal participation from both parties.

They also agreed to advance social reform agendas such as ▲ abolition of prosecutorial investigative authority ▲ prohibition of news editing and arrangement by portals ▲ guarantee of basic political rights for public officials ▲ establishment of a real estate oversight body.

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