Lee Jun-seok, Jeong Jin-seok Injunction Request to Suspend Acting Duties of Emergency Committee Chairmen

Jeong Jin-seok, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly who has been nominated as the Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is arriving at the National Assembly on the 8th and responding to reporters' questions. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] With Jeong Jin-seok, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, appointed as the new Emergency Response Committee Chairperson of the People Power Party, former party leader Lee Jun-seok filed an injunction request on the 8th to suspend Jeong's execution of duties.

Lee's legal representatives issued a statement on the same day, announcing that they submitted an injunction petition to the Seoul Southern District Court to suspend Jeong's execution of duties and the validity of the National Committee's resolution appointing Jeong as chairperson. This marks the fourth time Lee has filed an injunction against the People Power Party and its leadership.

It was reported that Lee's side submitted related documents through the court's electronic litigation system after the People Power Party National Committee approved the agenda to appoint Chairperson Jeong.

The legal team argued, "The resignation of Joo Ho-young and all existing emergency committee members is merely a trick to evade the constitutional violation prohibiting retroactive application. Since the prior injunction ruling invalidated the appointment of Joo Ho-young as Emergency Committee Chairperson and the establishment of the emergency committee itself, the establishment of a 'new' emergency committee and the appointment of a new chairperson based on that invalidity are naturally null and void."

The legal team added that the second injunction request, which sought to suspend the execution of duties of all eight emergency committee members, will be withdrawn as the resignation of the members has rendered the case moot.

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