People Power Party Files Countersuit for False Accusation Against Ruling Party: "Blocking Vetting of Jung Wonoh"

Ju Jinwoo: "Today, we are filing a countersuit against Seo Youngkyo, Lee Juhee, and Kim Namhee"

Song Eonseok: "I hope to see the dignity of the ruling party reflected"

The People Power Party is countersuing members of the Democratic Party's Gender Equality and Family Committee for false accusation charges.

Inseon Lee, Chair of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, announced the start of the plenary meeting held on the 15th at the National Assembly to discuss controversies related to past assault incidents involving Jeong Wono, the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral candidate. Only members from the People Power Party attended the meeting that day. May 15, 2026. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Joo Jinwoo, Chair of the People Power Party Central Election Countermeasures Committee’s Special Committee to Prevent the Dismissal of Lee Jaemyung’s Indictment, announced on Facebook on the 17th, “Today, we are filing countersuits for false accusations against Assembly members Seo Younggyo, Lee Juhui, and Kim Namhee.”

On May 15, the People Power Party convened the Gender Equality and Family Committee to highlight suspicions regarding a past assault case involving Jeong Wono, the Democratic Party’s Seoul mayoral candidate.

In response, members of the Democratic Party’s Gender Equality and Family Committee held a press conference, stating, “We will take legal action against everyone from the People Power Party who raised allegations of prostitution,” and added, “We are filing complaints against Assembly members Lee Inseon, Cho Eunhee, Seo Myungok, Lee Dalhee, and Han Jia for making false statements.”

Chair Joo criticized, “This is an attempt to block the vetting of Candidate Jeong and to silence criticism by resorting to criminal complaints,” and added, “Is Candidate Jeong holding the May 18 debates and commemorations at a bar?”

On the same day, Song Eonseok, Co-Chair of the People Power Party’s Election Committee, also posted on Facebook, launching a barrage of criticism against Candidate Jeong.

Chair Song commented, “Is Candidate Jeong, who allegedly assaulted two police officers and two citizens while drunk and then tried to justify it by blaming May 18, really the embodiment of ‘progressive dignity’?” He added, “I hope to see the dignity of progressivism and the ruling party reflected in the Democratic Party’s candidates.”

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