Park Dae-woo, Gwangju Committee Chair of Minsaeng Party, "Each Party Needs to Adjust Perceptions and Perspectives"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Park Dae-woo, chairman of the Minsaeng Party Gwangju Metropolitan City Party, stated that all vested interests must be set aside and that each party's awareness and perspective on what is for the people should be adjusted.

At the Minsaeng Party Gwangju City Party's opening ceremony, Chairman Park said, "It is a time when the Minsaeng Party's decision as a minor party is necessary for political change in the Republic of Korea," adding, "This year, political and social conflicts and confrontations will become most severe, and fundamentally resolving these phenomena is practically impossible. Among them, the most serious is politics."

He also pointed out, "Many alternatives such as the large electoral district system and the mixed-member proportional representation system have been proposed to overcome political backwardness, but they were ultimately frustrated by vested political groups," and added, "It is clear that expecting benevolent change is no longer feasible, yet minor parties are still trapped within the frameworks of ideology and camps, which is regrettable."

He emphasized that it is time to move away from the backward form where a specific party monopolizes a certain region, and that the upcoming 22nd National Assembly general election should be the starting point.

In particular, to break away from the serious one-party power monopolies in Honam and Yeongnam, minor parties should subdivide politics from a regional perspective rather than emphasizing party and ideology, and to do so, they must move away from the current form of dependence on the central government.

However, given the current situations and conditions of each party, nationwide discussions are difficult at the moment, so he proposed starting with policy and vision-based regional constituency unification in Gwangju, where the most severe damage is observed.

He stated, "Regional constituency unification is the most efficient way to overcome the limitations of individual politicians and maintain the foundation of party existence, but since it requires considerable time, discussions should be expedited," and declared, "The Minsaeng Party will first set aside all vested interests."

He continued, "To be recognized by the people, a vision capable of solving urgent local issues is necessary, so a process of adjusting each party's awareness and perspective on what is for the people, rather than ideology and party viewpoints, is needed," and proposed, "Afterwards, let us decide on unification into parties that have connectivity by constituency and can receive stable votes."

Furthermore, he added, "Each party must ultimately move beyond their own politics and approach this from the perspective that it is a natural duty for the future of the Republic of Korea," and emphasized, "The most important thing is an objective indicator that the people can recognize, so let us start discussions focusing on this part."

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