The New Alternatives (Korean: 대안신당) was a South Korean political party founded in 2020.
History
The New Alternatives was originally organised by the conservative dissidents of the Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP) on 16 July 2019, as the Alternative Political Alliance of Change and Hope (Korean: 변화와 희망의 대안정치연대). It was initially a part of PDP, but then split from PDP on 12 August.
It was refounded as a preparatory committee on 17 November, with the current name.[2][3] It contains 8 MPs[3] but one of them (Chang Jung-sook) is a PR of Bareunmirae Party who would like to exit. Lee Yong-joo and Chung In-hwa was excluded.
On 12 January 2020, it held the official formation convention and elected Choi Gyung-hwan as its president.[4]
It planned to be the largest party in the 2020 election.[3] However, on 24 February 2020, it was merged into the Minsaeng Party.[5]
Ideology
The New Alternatives described themselves as the "third position" and is willing to refuse both "fake conservatives" and "fake progressives".[3] Nevertheless, its former chairman, Yu Sung-yup, is economically liberal opposes Keynesian economic policy and minimum wages, and advocates tax reductions.[6][7] Another member, Lee Yoon-suk, a former MP, opposes same-sex marriage and Islam.[8]
The party adopted the "5 manifestos",[3] which supports:
- the abolition of conscription; change to volunteer military system
- to reform the labour market and put restraints on public spending
- the equal opportunity for all people regardless of birthplace, age, gender, and/or disability
- semi-presidential system
- the abolition of the Ministry of Education; replace it to the National Education Committee
References
- ^ "The merger of the three Honam region political parties - the Bareunmirae Party, New Alternatives, and the Democratic and Peace Party" (in Korean). Hankyoreh. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "대안신당, 창준위 인선 완료…인재영입위원장에 천정배(종합)". 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e ""가짜 진보·보수 갈아치우자" 대안신당, 창준위 출범". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "'호남권 제3지대 구축' 모색 대안신당 공식 창당…최경환 당대표 선출". 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "'호남계 주축' 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…'민생당' 출범". 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "유성엽 "소득주도성장, 방법 틀려…내년 최저임금 동결 바람직"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "유성엽 "소득주도성장을 감세·공무원축소로 재설계해야"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "국회 회의실 사역내용 공개". 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
