Reform New Party Emergency Committee Sets Goal of 10 Seats in Next General Election...Presses Chun Haram to Run in Southern Gyeonggi Region

First Emergency Committee Meeting of Reform New Party Held on the 23rd

Lee Giin, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Reform New Party, announced that he will set a goal of winning 10 seats in the upcoming general election, and will accelerate early talent recruitment and a strategy focused on the southern Gyeonggi region. He repeatedly urged Floor Leader Chun Haram, who has not yet joined the party's regional base strategy, to run in the southern Gyeonggi region.

On the 24th, at the first meeting of the Emergency Response Committee held at the National Assembly, Chairman Lee stated, “For the next National Assembly, we will align our personnel, budget, and policy capabilities with the goal of securing 10 seats for the Reform New Party,” adding, “We will identify promising regions early on and focus organizational, policy, and promotional support for candidates preparing to run according to party strategy.”

Lee Giin, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Reform New Party. Photo by Dongju Yoon

The Reform New Party plans to launch a general election planning committee at the end of this year to begin securing candidate pools and establishing regional strategies. Chairman Lee emphasized, “As we have requested candidates to go out into the regions, the party will take responsibility until the end,” stressing that they will support candidates' activities in their districts.

Previously, the Reform New Party announced that it would foster the southern Gyeonggi region as a strategic base and requested proportional representation lawmakers to run for constituencies. Assemblyman Lee Jooyoung was the first to respond, announcing his intention to run in the Suwon Jung constituency in Gyeonggi Province. Chairman Lee described Assemblyman Lee’s decision as “the first scene in the Reform New Party's renewal” and pledged that “the party will assume full responsibility in return.”

However, Floor Leader Chun has not yet stated his position on the request to run in the southern Gyeonggi region. Chairman Lee pressed, “The ultimate goal of this reform plan is the re-election of all three incumbent lawmakers and the growth of the party,” adding, “For those in a leadership position, that responsibility is even greater.” He continued, “Even one's personal political narrative can be continued only if the party survives and grows,” and urged Floor Leader Chun to respond to the request to run in the southern Gyeonggi region and contribute to the party's renewal.

The Reform New Party is also pushing a plan to transition all city and provincial party branches, whose terms end at the end of September, to an emergency response system. The party will conduct a comprehensive review of organizational management, from the central party down to some local organizations. The appointment methods and composition procedures for emergency committee leaders at the city and provincial level will be decided through discussions within the emergency committee.

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