Members group of Peace and Justice (), or Peace and Justice () for short, is a South Korean parliamentary grouping that was formed on 2 April 2018. The

technical group In politics, a technical group or mixed group is a heterogenous parliamentary group composed of elected officials from political parties of differing ideologies (or independent of any party) who are not numerous enough to form groups on their own. ...

consists of

Party for Democracy and Peace A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

and Justice Party.

History

Both Democracy and Peace and

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were non-

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s in South Korea, due to the law requiring at least 20 members to form a

. Democracy and Peace and

, with 14 and 6 members of the National Assembly respectively, chose to form a

to bolster their voices in the

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after rounds of negotiations. The grouping became the fourth

after

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, Liberty Korea Party and

Bareunmirae Party The Bareunmirae Party (), also known as the Bareun Mirae Party and Bareun Future Party, was a South Korean liberal-conservative political party. It was founded in 2018 by merger of the centrist liberal People's Party and the conservative Bareu ...

. The grouping was automatically dissolved with the death of Justice Party lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan on July 23, falling below the 20-member requirement.

References

{{Party for Democracy and Peace 2018 establishments in South Korea Justice Party (South Korea) Liberal parties in South Korea Political parties established in 2018