Court Upholds Joo Ho-young's Suspension from Duty... Rejects People Power Party's Appeal

Court: "No Grounds for the People Power Party's Claims"

Former Emergency Committee Chairman Joo Ho-young of the People Power Party is standing up from his seat after finishing a press conference at the National Assembly on the 6th, where he expressed his refusal to accept the position of Emergency Committee Chairman. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The court rejected the People Power Party's objection to the suspension of former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo Ho-young's duties.

The Civil Division 51 of the Seoul Southern District Court (Chief Presiding Judge Hwang Jeong-su) on the 16th upheld the original decision by dismissing the objection filed by the People Power Party in response to the suspension of former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo's duties.

The court stated, "After reviewing all claims and evidence presented during the objection procedure, it is still evident that the provisional injunction decision demonstrates the protected rights and the necessity of preservation."

Last month on the 26th, the court accepted former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok's claim and suspended former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo's execution of duties. The basis for the decision was that no 'emergency situation' warranting an Emergency Response Committee had occurred within the People Power Party, indicating a 'substantive defect,' and the court maintained the same position this time as well.

The People Power Party argued against the suspension decision, claiming that former leader Lee lost his party leader status upon the formation of the Emergency Response Committee and therefore lacked the standing to file the provisional injunction.

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok is expressing his position as he attends the hearing on the suspension of the People Power Party's party constitution at the Seoul Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, on the 14th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Regarding this, the court rejected the claim, stating, "As previously determined, the resolution by the National Committee appointing Joo Ho-young as Emergency Response Committee Chairman did not meet the requirements set by the party constitution and is therefore invalid, and the establishment of the Emergency Response Committee based on this is also invalid. Claims based on this premise are unfounded."

The People Power Party repeatedly argued that an emergency situation arose within the party following the resignation of former Supreme Council member Jung Mi-kyung, but the court judged, "Although it is proven that Jung Mi-kyung expressed her intention to resign via a KakaoTalk message on the 17th of last month, this alone does not indicate that the Supreme Council's functions were lost or that there was a significant change in circumstances."

Meanwhile, the court noted that the second provisional injunction case filed by former leader Lee against former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo and other previous committee members was withdrawn yesterday.

The hearings for the third provisional injunction filed by former leader Lee seeking to suspend the effect of the National Committee resolution that amended the People Power Party constitution, the fourth provisional injunction concerning the suspension of duties of newly appointed Emergency Response Committee Chairman Jeong Jin-seok, and the fifth provisional injunction requesting the suspension of the current Emergency Response Committee members' appointments and the suspension of duties of six Emergency Response Committee members will be held together on the 28th of this month.

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