Lee Jun-seok and Kim Ki-hyun Hold Emergency Meeting in Sangju Today... Will It Calm the Controversy?

Discussion on Gyeongjunwi Overreach Controversy and Ruling-Opposition Council

Kim Ki-hyun, floor leader of the People Power Party, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 5th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] On the 12th, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, and Kim Ki-hyun, floor leader, will hold an emergency meeting to discuss party primary preparation committee overreach controversy, the ruling-opposition-government consultative body, and other state affairs.

Floor leader Kim is scheduled to visit Sangju, Gyeongbuk, where Lee is staying on vacation, for a tea time and other activities.

The two are expected to discuss the primary preparation committee controversy, the ruling-opposition-government consultative body, and other issues at this meeting. Earlier, floor leader Kim held a closed-door meeting with the Supreme Council members in the morning to gather their opinions.

While Lee was absent, a fierce debate erupted within the party over the authority of the primary preparation committee. The question was whether the authority to decide specific procedures such as candidate debates and volunteer activities ahead of the preliminary presidential primary lies with the primary preparation committee or the Supreme Council.

After the Supreme Council meeting, floor leader Kim told reporters, "Most of the final decisions on important issues causing controversy within the party rest with the Supreme Council," adding, "I plan to coordinate this issue well and reach a compromise without discord."

On the other hand, Lee maintained his position that the primary preparation committee has authority, stating on Facebook on the 10th, "I ask candidates to refrain from making excessive remarks about the primary preparation committee, which is the body delegated by the leadership to plan the primary excluding the leadership and primary rules, as it is considering fair management and promotion of the primary."

It was also reported on the same day that the first meeting among President Moon Jae-in, Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil, and Lee is expected to be held around the 19th in the form of a ruling-opposition-government consultative body, and related discussions are likely to take place as well.

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