Yoon Jae-ok: "Democratic Party Must Take Responsibility for Politicization of Gyeonggi Eastern Alliance"

"Gyeonggi Dongbu Union Should Have Disappeared into History"
"A Force with the Anachronistic Ideology of Pro-North Korea"

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the floor countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly on the 27th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Yoon Jae-ok, the floor leader of the People Power Party, demanded that the Democratic Party of Korea take responsibility for the political empowerment of the ethnic liberation (NL) faction 'Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap.'

At the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 27th, Floor Leader Yoon said, "The entry of Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap into the National Assembly will prove that the semi-proportional representation system is the worst regressive electoral system since democratization. The Democratic Party must clearly take responsibility to the people for allowing Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap, which should have been a wandering ghost, to become a prominent political force in the Assembly."

He continued, "I don't think the public expected a situation where they would have to worry about Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap again," adding, "Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap, which was the main force behind the 2013 Unified Progressive Party (Tongjin Party) sedition incident, is imprinted in the public mind as a symbol of pro-North Korean forces."

He further stated, "When the Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Tongjin Party, the name Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap should have disappeared into history," emphasizing, "However, consistent media analysis shows that Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap has succeeded in reestablishing its power through the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minju-nochong) and the Progressive Party."

He argued, "Considering the unique organizational power of Gyeonggi Dongbu Yeonhap, it cannot be ruled out that the Progressive Party could win through unification in areas other than Buk-gu, Ulsan," and added, "I believe no citizen wants a force with the anachronistic ideology of pro-North Korean sentiment to have influence in the Assembly, whether conservative or progressive."

The Democratic Reform Progressive Alliance, a proportional representation coalition party promoted by the Democratic Party along with the New Progressive Alliance and the Progressive Party, assigned Buk-gu, Ulsan to the Progressive Party as part of the candidate unification for constituencies, with primaries as the principle, on the 21st.