Chung Jin-suk Announces, “Party Leader Will Be Chosen 100% by Party Member Votes”

Mun Gwang-ho 2022. 12. 19. 13:04
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People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chair Chung Jin-suk speaks in the sixth meeting of senior government and ruling party representatives at the prime minister’s residence in Samcheong-dong, Seoul on December 18. Yonhap News

People Power Party (PPP) Emergency Response Committee Chair Chung Jin-suk announced, “The current party constitution stipulates that the party leader and members of the Supreme Council are to be determined 70% by an electoral college of party members and 30% by a public poll, but the amendment states that they will be decided 100% by the electoral college of party members,” in connection to the regulations for the party elections in a party convention to be held in early March 2023, in an emergency committee meeting at the National Assembly on December 19. He added, “The emergency committee agreed that having party members who share the same philosophy and goal elect them (party leader and Supreme Council members) go in line with party democracy.”

Chung explained, “We prepared an amendment of party regulations including a provision preventing adverse selection,” and said, “We plan to block the source of unnecessary controversy triggered by public surveys.”

He also said, “The party convention is a convention of all party members. The party leader should do his utmost to obtain the support of party members. We do not think that it is right for a candidate to try to become our party leader by relying on non-members.”

The PPP emergency committee will finalize revising the party convention regulations by holding a standing national committee on December 20 and a national committee on December 23 after passing the amendment in the emergency committee meeting Monday. The party convention to elect the new leader of the People Power Party will be held in early March, before the end of the emergency committee term.

- People Power Party Emergency Response Committee Chair Chung Jin-suk speaks in the sixth meeting of senior government and ruling party representatives at the prime minister’s residence in Samcheong-dong, Seoul on December 18. Yonhap News

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