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The ruling Grand National Party¡¯s Supreme Council on Thursday decided unconditionally to reinstate loyalists to former chairwoman Park Geun-hye who defected before the general election. This will increase the GNP¡¯s share of parliamentary seats from 153 to around 180, creating a giant ruling party.
GNP Chairman Park Hee-tae said the council ¡°decided to accept all members of the pro-Park alliance. I sincerely hope that with this opportunity, there will be no more talk about factions within the party, and the GNP will transform itself into a unified whole.¡± Park Geun-hye welcomed the decision. ¡°It was the right thing to do, although it took some time,¡± she said.
This will make the GNP the ruling party with the largest number of seats in the National Assembly since the Democratic Liberal Party, a coalition of three parties, in 1990, giving it not only a majority in plenary session of the National Assembly, but also enough seats to win a majority in all parliamentary committees.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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