Controversy Over 'ChinYoon' Emergency Committee, Hwang Woo-yeo Says "ChinYoon and BiYoon Now Have Little Meaning"

Final Confirmation After National Committee Review Following Previous Day's Appointment Announcement
Yoon Sang-hyun "Emergency Committee Must Implement Innovative Programs"
Jeon Ju-hye "Entering as Non-Standing Member... Will Reform"

The People Power Party's Emergency Response Committee will officially launch on the 13th after going through the National Committee. There is strong criticism that this emergency committee, formed after the crushing defeat in the general election, is composed of pro-Yoon (pro-Yoon Seok-yeol) faction members. The emergency committee directly refuted such claims.

On the 13th, the People Power Party will hold an unofficial Standing National Committee meeting chaired by Lee Heon-seung, chairman of the National Committee, to decide whether to approve the emergency committee. The party announced the day before that lawmakers Eom Tae-young, Yoo Sang-beom, Jeon Ju-hye, and elected member Kim Yong-tae were selected as emergency committee members. Chu Kyung-ho, the floor leader elected on the 9th, will participate in the emergency committee as an ex officio member. The approval of lawmaker Jeong Jeom-sik, who has been nominated as the chairman of the Policy Committee and is another ex officio emergency committee member, will also be conducted at the National Committee meeting that day.

This emergency committee focused on regional balance, conscious of the label 'Yeongnam Party,' but since prominent pro-Yoon lawmakers with backgrounds as prosecutors, such as Jeong Jeom-sik and Yoo Sang-beom, are positioned, there is also a perception of a 'pro-Yoon leadership.' On the same day, People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun said on YTN Radio, "The most important thing for us is innovation," adding, "This was the greatest defeat unprecedented in history. Although it is an emergency committee, I am saying that it should run an innovative program." Cheon Ha-ram, a proportional representative elect from the Reform New Party, also criticized this appointment as "a declaration of not changing anything."

The emergency committee dismissed these criticisms. Hwang Woo-yeo, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee, said in a phone interview with Asia Economy on the same day, "We did not consider pro-Yoon or anti-Yoon at all," adding, "I have consistently mentioned four principles in forming the emergency committee, and only those were considered." The principles are ▲redefining the party's identity ▲cooperation with the opposition ▲restoration of comradeship ▲carrying out party affairs without disruption. He added, "Pro-Yoon or anti-Yoon does not really matter now."

Jeon Ju-hye, who was a proportional representative lawmaker in the 21st National Assembly but lost in the 22nd general election, stated that she will play a role in reform through this emergency committee. In a phone interview, she said, "I have effectively joined as an out-of-office member," and added, "(The role for reform) is something that should naturally be done." Lawmaker Seong Il-jong also said in an MBC radio interview on the same day, "In any case, there is a need to reform the party overall," adding, "That is why we intend to listen to all these opinions."

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