Party for National Innovation to Elect Emergency Committee Chair on September 11... Focus on Cho Kuk's Role

The Party for National Innovation has decided to convene a party executive committee meeting on September 11 to elect an emergency countermeasures committee chairperson to resolve the internal turmoil caused by the sexual misconduct scandal.

Representative Seo Wangjin and other lawmakers are attending an emergency party members' meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th. The day before, the leadership of the Party for National Innovation resigned en masse, taking responsibility for a sexual misconduct case within the party. Photo by Kim Hyunmin

On September 9, lawmakers from the Party for National Innovation held a general assembly for the third consecutive day, discussed the formation of the emergency committee, and reached this decision.

After the assembly, Floor Leader Seo Wangjin told reporters, "Since the entire leadership has resigned, it is not desirable to further delay the formation of the emergency committee. Therefore, we have decided to convene the party executive committee as stipulated in the party constitution to elect the emergency committee chairperson."

However, it is reported that there are still differences of opinion among lawmakers regarding the appointment of the emergency committee chairperson, and no decision has been made yet.

There is considerable support for the idea that Cho Kuk, head of the Policy Research Institute for Innovation and founder of the Party for National Innovation, should take on the role of emergency committee chairperson to manage and rebuild the party during this crisis. On the other hand, the victims of the recent sexual misconduct case have publicly opposed Cho Kuk taking on this position.

Seo Wangjin stated, "There are various opinions about who would be most suitable as the emergency committee chairperson, so we will gather opinions until the executive committee meeting and report them to the committee. The decision will be made on the day of the meeting through discussion."

Previously, on September 7, Acting Representative Kim Sunmin and the rest of the party leadership resigned en masse in response to the controversy over the sexual misconduct case, and the party decided to form an emergency committee.

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