All PPP Lawmakers, Including Jang, Declare Total Break with Yoon: “Oppose Calls for Yoon’s Political Comeback” (Comprehensive)

United Party Stance Reached at March 9 Caucus

"All Members, Including Leader Jang Donghyuk, Agree"

Mayor Oh Sehoon to Announce His Position

On March 9, all 107 members of the People Power Party, including Representative Donghyuk Jang, effectively declared a "cutting ties with Yoon" stance by expressing their opposition to calls for former President Yoon Suk Yeol's political comeback. With the June 3 local elections approaching, concerns about the "Yoon Again" line have grown, and with Seoul Mayor Oh Sehoon taking a firm stance, the party made a decisive move.

Representative Donghyuk Jang of the People Power Party and other lawmakers are attentively listening to Floor Leader Eunseok Song's remarks at the emergency meeting of lawmakers held at the National Assembly on the 9th.

The People Power Party held an emergency meeting of lawmakers at the National Assembly in the afternoon and announced the “Resolution of All People Power Party Lawmakers.” In the resolution, the party stated, “We sincerely apologize once again to the public for the great confusion and disappointment caused by the wrongful declaration of the 12·3 Martial Law.”

The resolution continued, “We are clearly opposed to any and all calls for the political comeback of former President Yoon Suk Yeol,” and added, “Neither the Republic of Korea nor the People Power Party can ever go back to the past.” It further declared, “With the mindset of being reborn, our People Power Party will resolutely move forward into the future together with the people,” drawing a clear line against the "Yoon Again" faction.

The party also announced, “We will stop all actions and remarks that intensify internal conflict and instead pursue great unity,” and pledged, “We will cut off any behavior or speech that disrupts party unity or binds the party to the frames of the past.” The resolution emphasized, “We will focus all our capabilities solely on the people,” expressing its intention to unite.

The People Power Party stated, “Normalization of state affairs can only be achieved based on the constitutional principle of checks and balances between the ruling and opposition parties,” and declared, “In order to counter the unconstitutional excesses of the Lee Jaemyung administration, we will unite with all citizens who agree with the defense of liberal democracy, the prevention of judicial destruction, and respect for constitutional values.”

The party further pledged, “We will bring together all citizens who care about and love our country to resolutely fight to defend the constitutional values of the Republic of Korea and the freedom of its people,” and added, “By doing so, we will ensure victory in the upcoming June 3 local elections.”

According to the party, Representative Jang, who had previously followed the "Yoon Again" line, also joined this resolution. Floor Leader Eunseok Song explained, “All lawmakers present, including Representative Jang, agreed with the content.” Chief Spokesman Park Sunghoon also stated, “Representative Jang respects the consensus of the lawmakers.”

The background to the party's decision to finally play the “cutting ties with Yoon” card was a sense of crisis surrounding the local elections. Mayor Oh refused to participate in the nomination process for the local elections while demanding a break with the "Yoon Again" faction, and key lawmakers also declined to run, heightening concerns both inside and outside the party.

As a result, it was reported that not only the younger lawmakers and those close to Han Donghun but also several senior lawmakers spoke at the meeting. Cho Kyungtae, a six-term lawmaker of the People Power Party, told reporters that day, “I called for a break with Yoon Suk Yeol and for Representative Jang to retract his remarks that the presumption of innocence should be applied to the former president.”

With the People Power Party declaring its stance of cutting ties with Yoon at the party level, attention is now focused on what steps Mayor Oh will take next. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Mayor Oh plans to express his views on the day’s meeting at an event near City Hall in the evening.

Meanwhile, it was reported that during the meeting, there were calls to reverse the expulsion of former People Power Party leader Han Donghun and to demand the resignation of officials such as Yoon Minwoo, head of the party’s central ethics committee. Floor Leader Song stated, “Various opinions were raised, but only the contents that were finally agreed upon were included in the resolution.”

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