Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, middle, chief of the primary opposition Individuals Energy Occasion, speaks throughout a Supreme Council assembly on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
The embattled fundamental opposition Individuals Energy Occasion (PPP) stated Monday it has determined to alter its identify subsequent month in a symbolic transfer to shed its picture earlier than the native elections lower than 5 months away.
Rebranding the occasion was amongst a set of reform measures unveiled by PPP chief Jang Dong-hyeok at a press convention final week the place he issued an apology for former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial legislation declaration.
The conservative occasion has been in disarray over the aftermath of Yoon’s failed try to impose martial legislation.
The choice was introduced on the occasion’s supreme council assembly, with greater than 68 p.c in favor of the revision, amid the PPP’s efforts to revamp its picture following the martial legislation bid.
The PPP plans to carry a public contest for the occasion’s new identify subsequent month.
If confirmed, the occasion’s identify, adopted in early September 2020, can be scrapped after round 5 years, marking the conservative occasion’s fifth identify change.
The conservative bloc has sometimes rebranded its occasion identify following main political crises, together with impeachment, corruption scandals or election defeats.
For the reason that institution of the Democratic Liberal Occasion in 1990, the occasion modified its identify to the New Korea Occasion in 1996 following the imprisonments of former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, earlier than rebranding because the Grand Nationwide Occasion the next 12 months.
The occasion modified its identify to the Saenuri Occasion in 2012, after which rebranded because the Liberty Korea Occasion following the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye in 2017, and because the United Future Occasion in 2020 forward of the overall elections.
The occasion adopted its present identify, the PPP, simply six months later after its defeat within the elections.
