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party.

History

The party was formed by Jang Sung-min, a politician and broadcaster of the country, in 7 March 2017 and officially created on 3 April of that same year. Originally, Jang intended to run as a presidential candidate of the People's Party. However, the party refused his entry due to the controversies about the

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. He was forced to create this party and was automatically elected as the presidential candidate. However, his challenge ended unfortunately as he only received 0.06% of the vote. On 13 February 2018, the party was dissolved. Jang went on to join the

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Website
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