People Power Party Ethics Committee "Respecting the Party Meeting's Opinion on 'Additional Disciplinary Action for Lee Jun-seok'"

"Extremely Harmful Acts to the Party, Acts Obstructing Party Development Are Subject to Disciplinary Action"

Former People Power Party Leader Lee Jun-seok (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] The People Power Party's Central Ethics Committee hinted at the possibility of additional disciplinary action against former party leader Lee Jun-seok.

On the 1st, the People Power Party's Central Ethics Committee stated in a press release, "We respect the opinion of the People Power Party's parliamentary meeting held on the 27th of last month, which strongly condemned and warned the Ethics Committee about former party leader Lee's remarks such as 'dog meat,' 'sheep's head and dog meat,' and 'new military regime,' which caused humiliation to party members, and urged the Ethics Committee to promptly handle additional disciplinary actions."

The Ethics Committee continued, "The Ethics Committee was formed to strengthen the party's ethical awareness, maintain discipline, and promote party spirit. One of its main functions is to impose disciplinary measures and deliberate on party members who violate the party constitution, party regulations, and ethical rules or commit other misconduct," adding, "Accordingly, under the authority granted by the party constitution, the Ethics Committee can discipline acts that are extremely harmful to the party, violate the party constitution, party regulations, and ethical rules, hinder party development, or cause public opinion to turn away as a result of such acts."

The Ethics Committee also emphasized, "To resolve the unprecedented political situation triggered by the court partially accepting former leader Lee's 'injunction for suspension of effectiveness' request, which suspended the duties of the Emergency Response Committee Chairperson until the final judgment is confirmed, we strongly urge People Power Party members to participate in forming a healthy political discussion culture with more mature and refined language and expressions during the process of gathering consensus through procedures according to the party constitution and regulations."

Furthermore, the Ethics Committee stated, "While the public may have various evaluations, 'baseless political claims' that dismiss the Ethics Committee's decisions as the result of 'political orders' based on personal speculation and judgment are clearly different from making diverse assessments of the Ethics Committee's deliberations and resolutions," adding, "Freedom of political expression is a fundamental right that should be guaranteed not only to People Power Party members but to all citizens. However, for the People Power Party to continue developing as a party trusted and supported by the public, party members must not forget that, unlike ordinary citizens, they are required by the public to bear a more serious 'political responsibility' regarding 'freedom of political expression.'"

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