‘Joining the Democratic Party’ Seo Mi-hwa and Kim Yoon “Decided to prevent the ruling party from regressing”

“Despite the limitations of the two-party system, in order to prevent the regression of the Yoon Seok-yeol regime and the ruling party, I will work with the Democratic Party of Korea, the main opposition party in the National Assembly, and realize the banner of democratic progressive reform forces and coalition politics.” – Seo Mi-hwa, President-elect of the Democratic Alliance for Democracy

Ahead of the last general election, Seo Mi-hwa and Kim Yoon, who were elected as civil society recommendations from the Democratic Alliance for Democracy, a proportional party formed by the pan-opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, ultimately chose to ‘remain in the Democratic Alliance’ on the 25th. As the Democratic Alliance is planning to merge with the Democratic Party in the near future, this also means that the two elected members will serve as members of the Democratic Party’s National Assembly in the upcoming 22nd National Assembly.

previously reported that the number of seats for the Democratic Party in the next National Assembly was confirmed to be 171 due to the two elected candidates’ choice to ‘remain in the Democratic Alliance’. (Related articles: [단독] Democratic Alliance civil society recommendation Seo Mi-hwa and Kim Yun join the Democratic Party (https://omn.kr/28fwq)

Civil society-recommended candidates chose to ‘join the Democratic Party’

The ‘United Political Citizens’ Conference’ and the Democratic Alliance, who participated in the coalition political parties, and the two elected representatives held a press conference at the National Assembly communication center on the morning of the 25th and announced, “For effective legislative activities, the two elected representatives decided to remain in the Democratic Alliance.”

President-elect Seo Mi-hwa, who introduced herself as a “blind woman who sees through sound,” explained the reason for her decision at a press conference that day, saying, “Korea is one of the world’s largest economies, but its spending on welfare for the disabled remains at the bottom.” He said, “The era in which people with disabilities can become citizens is still far away, and the fundamental responsibility for this lies with politics.” “The Democratic Party is also by no means free,” he pointed out.

However, President-elect Seo said, “I plan to work with the Democratic Party and realize the banner of coalition politics with the democratic progressive reform forces,” and “At the same time, as a national candidate recommended by civil society, I will communicate with civil society and support the Democratic Party, which is the main opposition party, as the main opposition party.” “I will do my part to ensure responsible politics,” he said. He also said, “I will play a responsible role to ensure that the Democratic Party’s party line promotes legislation on the rights of persons with disabilities to open an era in which people with disabilities can move as citizens.”

President-elect Kim Yoon, a former professor of medical management at Seoul National University College of Medicine, also interpreted, “The mission given to me by the people in the last general election was to quickly resolve the current medical gap and fundamentally reform the deformed medical system of the Republic of Korea.”

At the same time, he said, “We had serious discussions with civil society representatives on how to successfully accomplish the mission of people-centered medical reform and at the same time protect the spirit of the pan-opposition Democratic Reform Progressive Alliance.” He added, “We must address the current medical gap as soon as possible.” “I decided to work with the Democratic Party to resolve this issue and successfully complete people-centered medical reform,” he said.