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Bareun Party 바른정당 | |
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Leader | Yoo Seong-min |
Floor leader | Oh Sin-hwan |
Secretary General | Kim Sung-dong |
Chairman of the Policy Planning Committee | Ji Sang-wook |
Founded | 27 December 2016 25 January 2017 (as a political party) | (as a parliamentary group)
Dissolved | 13 February 2018[1] |
Split from | Saenuri Party |
Merged into | Bareunmirae Party |
Ideology |
Conservatism (
South Korea)
[2] Moderate conservatism |
Political position |
Centre-right
[3] Factions: Right-wing [2] |
Colors | Sky Blue [4] |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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Hangul | 바른정당 |
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Revised Romanization | Bareunjeongdang |
McCune–Reischauer | Parŭnjŏngdang |
Conservative New Party for Reform | |
Hangul | 개혁보수신당 |
Revised Romanization | Gaehyeokbosusindang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kaehyŏkposusindang |
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The Bareun Party ( Korean: 바른정당; Hanja: 바른政黨; RR: Bareunjeongdang; lit. Righteous Political Party) was a conservative [2] [5] [6] political party in South Korea, announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017. [7]
The party was formed amidst a faction feud in the Liberty Korea Party (then Saenuri Party) involving pro and anti- Park Geun-hye forces. [8] The party began as a parliamentary negotiation body that split from the Saenuri Party in December 2016, and became a party in January 2017. [8]
In January 2018, the party's leader, along with the People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo, announced their plans to merge the two parties, in an effort to bolster the two party's parliamentary standing ahead of local elections in June. [9]
The merger faces opposition from members of both parties, citing concerns over differences in ideology and policy, particularly over differing stances on dealing with North Korea. [9] Nevertheless, the party approved the merger plans on 5 February 2018. [10] The merger is expected to be finalized on February 13. [11]
During its existence, the party suffered from a spate of defections.
By April 2017, the party had already lost 14 lawmakers. [12]
In May, a week before the presidential election, 13 lawmakers affiliated with the party announced their decision to defect and return to the LKP. [12] The decision came after the party's presidential candidate, Yoo Seong-min, declined to join forces with LKP's Hong Joon-pyo and PP's Ahn Cheol-soo and field a single presidential candidate. [12] The defection left the party with just 19 seats in the National Assembly, one short of the 20 required for a political party to be recognized as a negotiating body. [12]
Ahead of a leadership contest in November 2017, an additional eight lawmakers defected, and rejoined the LKP. [13] The eight lawmakers were later joined by the party's floor leader, Joo-Ho-young. [14]
On 9 January 2018, lawmaker Kim Se-yeon, [15] Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyung-pil, [16] and lawmaker Park In-sook [16] defected from the party, all of whom rejoined the LKP. [16]
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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2017 | Yoo Seung-min | 2,208,771 | 6.76 | Not elected |
Oh filled the void left by Joo Ho-young who bolted from the party last month to join the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP).