Saenuri Party (2017)

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Saenuri Party 새누리당
Leader	Chung Kwang-taek
Founded	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
Split from	Liberty Korea Party
Ideology	Pro–Park Geun-hye[1] Nationalism (South Korea) Anti-communism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Colours	Red
Slogan	The New Patriotic Party of Taegeukgi (태극기 애국신당)
National Assembly	0 / 300
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors	0 / 17
Website
saenuri.org
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Saenuri Party (Korean: 새누리당) is a conservative political party in South Korea, founded by supporters of Park Geun-hye. It opposed her impeachment.^[2]

The foundation of the new Saenuri party began in February 2017 with the establishment of a committee and submission of party formation documents to the national voting commission. In early March it was announced the new party would be named 'Saenuri'. The Liberty Korea Party had been known under this name until February 2017, during the impeachment process against Park, when it was renamed.

Regional branches were established days after the impeachment of Park on 10 March. The first, on 16 March, was in Daegu (the birthplace of Park Geun-hye), with 1500 members (own figures). On 17 March, the Seoul regional branch was founded.^[3] On 5 April, the registration with the national voting commission was concluded, and the party was officially founded. The first party leaders were Park supporters Kwon Young-hae and Jeong Kwang-taek. The Park loyalist and National Assembly member Kim Jin-tae congratulated the new party with the words: "The Liberty Korea Party and the Saenuri Party will compete for a free democracy as they are from the same roots."^[3]

On 9 April 2017, Cho Won-jin announced his exit from the Liberty Korea party, and the next day his joining of the Saenuri Party, becoming the Saenuri Party's first representative in the National Assembly. He added that some National Assembly members from the Liberty Korea party were considering a move to the Saenuri Party, and that an alliance with the Bareun Party, which had split off from the Liberty Korea Party in January, would provoke yet more members to make the switch.