Alliance of DJP
political party in South Korea
The Alliance of DJP (Korean: DJP연합) was a big tent political alliance formed by the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) (Millennium Democratic Party since 2000) and the United Liberal Democrats (ULD). It was named after the initials of the Chairmen of both parties ― Kim Dae-jung (DJ) of the NCNP and Kim Jong-pil (JP) of the ULD. It is rarely called as Alliance of DJT (DJT연합) including Park Tae-joon (TJ) who also joined the alliance.
History
The alliance was formed after the NCNP's huge defeat during the general election in 1996, where the party only gained 76 out of 299 seats, and most of the seats were at Honam. Since the general election was around 1 year before the presidential election, Kim Dae-jung faced a serious crisis. His political advisor, Lee Kang-tae, suggested him about forming an alliance with ULD in order to win the presidential election.
Meanwhile, ULD was declared as one of the "winner" of the general election, almost all seats (50/299) were at Hoseo. In addition with lower approval ratings of Kim Jong-pil, he also faced the alternatives.
While the idea was just a "suggestion", Park Tae-joon joined ULD and endorsed DJ in August 1997. It boosted the formation, and in 3 November, both DJ and JP agreed to form a political alliance. Under the alliance, DJ would run for president but in case of his win, JP would be the Prime Minister.
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