The People Party (PP; , ) was a political party in South Korea. The party was founded by

Ahn Cheol-soo Ahn Cheol-soo (; born 26 February 1962) is a South Korean politician, medical doctor, businessperson, and software entrepreneur. He is a member of the National Assembly as part of the conservative People Power Party. Prior to his career in po ...

in February 2020, after leaving the

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. It has the same name as the

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, which was also founded by Ahn and existed from 2016 to 2018. In the

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, the party won three representatives for the National Assembly. The People Party dissolved in April 2022 after merging with the

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People Power Party.

Political positions

The party was the successor of the liberal

in 2018, but had become more economically liberal overall. People Party is described as a liberal and

party. People Party had somewhat more moderate liberal social positions than the previous old People Party, but it is not free from

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, a key figure of the party, has expressed a negative stance on Seoul's LGBT

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event, called "kwieo-chukje" () in Gwanghwamun,

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. However, PP did not consistently stress a social conservative stance because it wished to present an image of "alternative politics," and to that end also criticized the conservative PPP in addition to the left-liberal DPK, which are the two "huge political parties" (). Ahn had criticized both Yoon Seok-youl of the PPP as well as

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of the DPK for putting too much emphasis on men in their 20s and promoting

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Merger and dissolution

On 18 April 2022, party leader

agreed with a merger with the mainstream conservative People Power Party. This came after Ahn withdrew from the March 2022 Presidential Election in favor of endorsing Yoon Seok-youl for President. Yoon won the election by a narrow margin of 0.7%. Parliamentary leader for the People Party, Kwon Eun-hee, rejected the merger idea. She stated "I cannot accept the idea of the merger when it only helps to entrench further the nation's political system, which is led primarily by the two major parties, thereby limiting the voices of minor parties." Kwon has requested a release from the Party and from the party unification plans so that she can keep her seat as an independent proportional representative lawmaker in the National Assembly.

Electoral results

Notes

References

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Political positions

Merger and dissolution

Electoral results

See also

Notes

References