Court Upholds Suspension of Joo Ho-young's Duties... "Emergency Committee Installation Invalid" (Comprehensive)

Former Emergency Committee Chairman Joo Ho-young of the People Power Party holds a press conference at the National Assembly on the 6th, expressing his refusal to accept the position of Emergency Committee Chairman. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The court reaffirmed the suspension of duties of Joo Ho-young, former Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party.

The Civil Division 51 of the Seoul Southern District Court (Chief Judge Hwang Jeong-su) on the 16th rejected the objection filed by the People Power Party against the suspension decision of former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo and upheld the original ruling.

The court stated, "After reviewing all the claims and evidence presented during the objection procedure, the provisional injunction decision in this case still demonstrates the necessity to preserve the rights and the need for preservation."

Last month on the 26th, the court accepted former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok's claim and suspended the execution of duties by former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo. The basis for the judgment was that there was no 'emergency situation' warranting an emergency response committee within the party, indicating a 'substantial defect.' 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 due to the formation of the emergency response committee and therefore lacked the standing to file the provisional injunction.

In response, the court said, "As previously determined, the resolution by the National Committee to appoint Joo Ho-young as Emergency Response Committee Chairman did not meet the requirements set by the party constitution and is invalid, and consequently, the establishment of the emergency response committee based on it is also invalid. Therefore, claims based on this premise are unfounded."

The People Power Party repeatedly asserted that an emergency situation arose within the party as former Supreme Council member Jeong Mi-kyung also resigned.

Regarding this, the court pointed out, "Although it is proven that Jeong 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 lost its function or that there was a significant change in circumstances."

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 amending 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 committee members' appointment effect and the suspension of duties of six emergency committee members will be held together on the 28th.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.