Senior Members of the Ruling Party Urge "Swift Formation of Emergency Committee... Chairperson to Be an Insider"

After Han Dong-hoon Resigns, "Need to Form Quickly"
Senior Members Gather Opinions for Final Decision at General Assembly

Senior lawmakers affiliated with the People Power Party held a meeting at the National Assembly on the 16th and agreed to promptly form an Emergency Response Committee.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok is visiting the National Assembly on the 16th and speaking with Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

After the meeting, Park Dae-chul, a People Power Party lawmaker, told reporters, "There was a consensus on the need to quickly form the Emergency Response Committee," adding, "Regarding the chairperson of the committee, I thought that an experienced party insider would be suitable for the party's stability, unity, and reform."

When asked whether the term "party insider" referred to someone within the National Assembly or outside, Park only said, "I will use the expression 'party insider'." Regarding specific individuals, Park stated, "No names were mentioned."

On the 14th, immediately after the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol was passed, all members of the People Power Party's Supreme Council resigned, and according to the party's constitution and regulations, the party shifted to an Emergency Response Committee system. With Representative Han Dong-hoon also stepping down on the same day, the appointment of the committee chairperson is being expedited.

Senior lawmakers plan to propose an agenda item related to the appointment of the Emergency Response Committee chairperson at the lawmakers' meeting scheduled for the afternoon and go through the process of gathering consensus among party members. Candidates for the chairperson include Kwon Young-se and Na Kyung-won, who represent constituencies in the metropolitan area, and former lawmaker Won Hee-ryong, who served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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