Park Soo-young Pressures Lee Jun-seok's Position "Yoon Hee-sook Resigned from Her Assembly Seat on Her Own"

"What is the one who endures until the end?"

Park Soo-young, Member of the People Power Party [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Pressure is mounting within the People Power Party for the resignation of party leader Lee Jun-seok and other party leadership members.

On the 5th, Park Soo-young, a member of the People Power Party, posted on his Facebook, "Yoon Hee-sook resigned from her parliamentary seat herself to avoid causing any harm to the presidential election, so what about those who hold on until the end?"

Former lawmaker Yoon resigned after allegations of real estate speculation involving her father surfaced. At the time, Yoon held a press conference stating, "The biggest issue in this presidential election is the Moon Jae-in administration's failure in real estate policy and its double standards," but she resigned her seat because she could "provide an excuse to ridicule the justification for regime change" due to herself.

Park’s post is essentially a challenge regarding Leader Lee’s position. Among the People Power Party’s first-term lawmakers, opinions are emerging that the leader should step down. Earlier, on the 21st of last month, Park, along with Lee, demanded the resignation of all Supreme Council members. He urged, "I call on the party leadership to show the courage to take at least minimal responsibility before the party members," adding, "Until the presidential election, we must run solely for regime change centered on the candidate." First-term lawmakers, including Park, attempted to hold discussions including the leader’s resignation, but the meeting was canceled due to opposition from then floor leader Kim Ki-hyun.

Instead, on the 3rd, floor leader Kim Ki-hyun and policy committee chairman Kim Do-eup, among other floor leadership, resigned. Floor leader Kim stated at a parliamentary meeting, "This is not about blaming others; I think it is my fault, and I have decided to take the lead in reform starting with myself as floor leader," and announced, "I will step down from the joint election committee chairmanship and the floor leader position." In political circles, although the situation of presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl’s election committee and the floor leadership are not closely related, this is seen as a move to effectively prompt Leader Lee to clarify his position.

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