Why waste a perfectly good name of a political party, just because it is a used name? Reduce, reuse, recycle — that must have been the thought process of the political party formerly known as New Freedom and Peace Party of Yeongnam, which is now known as . . . the Grand National Party.
Yup, this actually happened. A minor political party (which is an understatement,) based in the stronghold of what is now known as the New Frontier Party, decided to pick up the old name that NFP discarded. The Grand National Party apparently strives for “freedom, equality, unification, peace, love, health, happiness and pure spirit,” and also hopes to build the world’s greatest country by creating a federation of five regions, namely South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, Primorsky Krai (of Russia) and the three Northeastern Provinces of China.
The NFP spokesperson said NFP may seek an injunction to stop the use of the name, but the Elections Commission noted that there is nothing to stop a party from adopting a name that has been discarded.
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I bet they are hoping to get some votes by taking advantage of the naming confusion.
Yea, we have the GNP! Free plugs on each economics newscast.
I’m still in disbelief that the GNP changed its name to the 새누리당 — not that I had problems with even its old name. This name has to be Hangul supremacy and Korean Linguistic “Purism” at its best.
That is classic! I love that this happened. HAH. Maybe it’ll help put a stop to renaming parties every time someone has a hissy fit.
chiamatt,
don’t you this is a political tradition to play musical chairs with party names.
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