Uri Party
The Yeollin uri dang ( "Our open party " ), usually to Uri Party (Uri dang ) abbreviated, the party of the ruling of 2003 to 2008, President Roh Moo -hyun in South Korea with social- liberal political orientation was. The party was founded in 2003 when loyalists of President Roh Moo -hyun in the Millennium Democratic Party ( MDP) decided to separate from the party members that showed little support for the newly formed government. A total of 42 of the 103 MPs of the Millennium Democratic Party and other of the conservative Grand National Party ( GNP ) were transferred to the newly founded party.
On 18 August 2007, the party broke up and formed with other liberal groups together the United New Democratic Party (UNDP). Following the significant defeat of their candidates in the presidential elections in December 2007, the UNDP in February 2008, the merger with the now renamed the Democratic Party opposition MDP decided to form the United Democratic Party ( UDP). This four and a half years, had reunited the liberal parties after the cleavage of the Uri Party and the Millennium Democratic Party.
History of the Uri Party
Founded as " New Party for contributing citizens," the organization named on 22 October 2003 in "Our Open Party " to. Your new name should reflect its understood as progressive goals such as national reunification, willingness to citizen participation and the urge for reforms. Politically, the Uri Party and Others sat for an expansion of social systems on a strata of the population with low income. After the Asian crisis in 1997/98 a moderate economic growth was targeted and on North Korea to pursue an approach in the framework of the "Sunshine Policy". The party also tried releasing the country from its close strategic alliance with the U.S. and Japan.
The party drew international attention when its members physically the lectern in the National Assembly Blockley, to prevent the impeachment of President Roh on March 12, 2004. If this protest was also unsuccessful, the dismissal was later reversed by the South Korean Constitutional Court. In the last parliamentary elections in 2004, the Uri Party was able to win 152 of 299 seats and thus claim an outright majority.
On 19 August 2004, the party got into an embarrassing affair, as was revealed by the National Commission that the father of the then Chairman Shin Gi -nam during the occupation ( 1905-1945 ) had worked for the Japanese military police. The investigation, initiated on the 56th anniversary of the liberation (August 15, 2004) by President Roh, was part of a national campaign to shed light on the activities of collaborators during the Japanese occupation. Ironically, the campaign of Shin and the Uri Party has been advocating.
The party's popularity continued to deteriorate due to internal conflicts and scandals involving the president, who admitted to " incompetent " and " not suitable " feel for the top government post. Since the parliamentary elections in 2004, it is no longer able to obtain the Uri Party a single seat in the local elections. In August 2005, the party eventually had to give up the majority in parliament. Also in 2006 was followed by significant losses, which led in May of the year after the GNP won 13 of the 16 provinces, the resignation of the chairman Chung Dong -young, who apologized for the " self-righteous attitude and inadequacy " of the party. The party lost even in Daejeon, a city that has long been considered Uri stronghold.