Do Jong-hwan: "Responsibility for Defeat Lies with All of Us... Actively Accepting Calls for Reform"

Do Jong-hwan, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 12th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] Do Jong-hwan, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 12th that the responsibility for the defeat in the April 7 by-elections lies with all the lawmakers, and he will actively listen to demands for party reform.

At the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Chairman Do said, "Today, first-term and second-term lawmakers are meeting, and tomorrow, third-term lawmakers will gather. Active movements are underway to escape the quagmire."

He added, "The Emergency Response Committee will pursue innovation not by hurting each other during the process of reform and change, but by discussing and practicing together," emphasizing, "We will actively collect demands and opinions for reform both inside and outside the party."

He continued, "We will actively reflect the bitter words directed at the party by the public and party members in policy consultations between the party and government," and added, "We will organize tasks such as real estate, livelihood recovery, and quarantine, and deliver them to the new leadership to be inaugurated on the 2nd of next month so that they can be immediately implemented."

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