{"id":243644,"date":"2026-02-10T17:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/10\/democratic-party-merge-innovation-party-key\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:51:10","slug":"democratic-party-merge-innovation-party-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/democratic-party-merge-innovation-party-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Democratic Party Merge with the Innovation Party? 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The Supreme Council is set to make a final decision on the merger, taking into account the caucus results. <\/p>\n<p> After the meeting, Chief Spokesperson Park Soo-hyun told reporters, &#8220;We acknowledge that while the merger proposal with the Innovation Party was intended to support the Lee Jae-myung administration&#8217;s success through a landslide victory in local elections, the process has led to conflicts.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> He added, &#8220;Lawmakers generally agree on the necessity of unification. However, they believe that despite having justification, pushing for a merger now would be difficult. They&#8217;ve urged the Supreme Council to swiftly conclude based on today&#8217;s caucus results.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Park elaborated, &#8220;Regarding timing, suggestions were made to discuss the merger after the local elections. Some proposed considering electoral alliances or coalition formats.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Park emphasized that no lawmaker explicitly opposed the merger. 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There might also be an opportunity to address the public and party members during tomorrow&#8217;s scheduled Supreme Council meeting.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The Supreme Council plans to hold a closed-door meeting at 7 PM to discuss the merger. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Soo-hyun emphasized the need for integration but acknowledged challenges in uniting with the Justice Innovation Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0389\/image-b0394979-95bc-455f-8d28-3828c05e3b09.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will the Democratic Party Merge with the Innovation Party? 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