{"id":243837,"date":"2026-02-10T17:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/10\/democratic-party-justice-innovation-party-merge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:51:48","slug":"democratic-party-justice-innovation-party-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/democratic-party-justice-innovation-party-merge\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Democratic Party and Justice Innovation Party Merge? Insights from Recent Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0263\/image-aa911e0d-232c-49d2-9d9c-2bcb3a584b77.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;Photo\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Democratic Party held a general meeting on the 10th to discuss a potential merger with the Justice Innovation Party. They concluded that pursuing a merger at this time would be difficult. In response, the Justice Innovation Party declared, &#8220;We are the victims who have suffered considerably (because of the Democratic Party).&#8221;<br \/>Park Byeong-eon, senior spokesperson for the Justice Innovation Party, stated during a radio interview, &#8220;Regardless of whether a merger occurs, we should receive an appropriate level of apology.&#8221;<br \/>Regarding the possibility of a merger after the June local elections, he said it&#8217;s &#8220;not zero,&#8221; but depends on how the Democratic Party addresses the insults directed at the Justice Innovation Party.<br \/>He added, &#8220;It depends on how gently the knife that stabbed the Justice Innovation Party, whether intentionally or not, is withdrawn.&#8221;<br \/>Park continued, &#8220;Originally, we were working together as allies for the success of the Lee Jae-myung government, but this process has now left scars. The party leadership must take action to allow members to greet each other and say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s be patient and move forward.'&#8221;<br \/>On the same day, the Democratic Party held a general meeting in the National Assembly. Chief Spokesperson Park Soo-hyun reported that party members shared a consensus on the difficulty of pursuing the merger proposed by Representative Jeong Cheong-rae on January 22, ahead of the local elections.<br \/>After the meeting, Spokesperson Park explained, &#8220;Members generally agreed on the necessity of integration, but concluded that pursuing a merger under the current circumstances, although justified, is challenging.&#8221;<br \/>He added, &#8220;Even though the proposal for a merger with the Justice Innovation Party stemmed from a genuine desire for &#8216;success in governance through a sweeping victory in the local elections,&#8217; we acknowledged that it is leading to conflicts in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party held a meeting on merging with the Justice Party, concluding that it&#8217;s currently difficult to proceed with the merger.<\/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-2023-0263\/image-aa911e0d-232c-49d2-9d9c-2bcb3a584b77.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243837","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 and Justice Innovation Party Merge? 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