국민의당 야권연대 거부에 잇따라 당 내 분열 조짐,
.. 총선 앞두고 요동치는 야권 통합론
Just a little over a month left until this country heads to the polls for the general election, the opposition bloc remains divided.
Korea's minor opposition
People's Party is experiencing turmoil within,… as the party's leadership is split over whether to reunite with the main opposition camp ahead of the election.
Shin Se-min takes a closer look to find out if this could represent a breaking
point for the minor opposition.
Opposing views,… on the issue of uniting opposition forces.
The rift among leaders of the country's minor opposition People's Party continues to grow,… following an official rejection on Friday to the
Minjoo Party of Korea's proposal to join forces.
Representative Kim Han-gil, the chief campaign manager of the People's Party, laid down the gauntlet during the party's general meeting Monday,… saying that the best interest of the country and the history of democracy should take priority over the party's own interests.
"Achieving successful parliamentary negotiations shouldn't be the goal of our party.
Integrated resistance against the ruling party for the sake of the people is needed."
Following Kim's statement,…
Ahn Cheol-soo, co-chair of the party reaffirmed his stance, rejecting suggestions of possible alliance of opposition forces and even an electoral coalition.
"
Unconditional consolidation of the parties is the path to failure.
I believe the people will not regress by granting the ruling party a majority of seats in parliament."
Ahn said that the party's official stance will not change based on an individual's opinion,… and referred to his goal of "new politics,
..." which is to break the two-party political system.
The discord follows the proposal from
Minjoo Party's interim leader Kim Chong-in last Wednesday to unite for victory in the April's general elections and,… to lay the groundwork for governmental change at the presidential election in 2017.
"Reflecting the turmoil in the opposition bloc, the approval ratings of the
People's party hit its lowest at 11.5% this past week,...
Raising concerns of whether or not the party can maintain unity ahead of April's general election.
Shin Se-min,
Arirang News."
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- published: 07 Mar 2016
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