Satellite Parties of Major Parties
Ahn Ji-min (Senior, Faculty of Economics)
The creation of satellite parties of two existing major parties is legitimate because the Central Election Management Committee has not ruled it unconstitutional. But I think it is an expedient and regressive way that undermines the purpose of the revised election law to encourage minor parties to participate in politics. The Democratic Party had criticized the satellite party of the United Future Party for undermining the election law, but they also chose a similar strategy even though they took the lead in revising the election law. I think it is an act of discarding their cause for profit.
 

By Park Min-ji, Student Editor