Sol, June 5 (IANS). The leader of the House of South Korean People’s Power Party (PPP) announced to step down on Thursday. The reason for this is believed to be the defeat of the recently concluded presidential election by the party.
Representative Quoon Sangeg-Dong said in a meeting of party MPs at the National Assembly that he is resigning in Tuesday’s election taking responsibility for the defeat of PPP President Kim Moon-Su.
He said, “We have to work from the beginning to rebuild the orthodox group. For this I will resign from the post of leader.”
He emphasized that the election defeat in the election is not “merely the martial law applied or the President’s impeachment on impeachment” but a “tough rebuke” over the internal division within the PPP.
He said, “As a floor leader, I am also very guilty. I have no intention of avoiding it or making excuses.”
The PPP’s emergency committee will meet in a closed room on Thursday. In this, the deadline for the election of the new leader of the House will be determined.
The potential candidates for the post include Kim Do-You, a four-time MP, Kim Song-Hoon, Park Day-Chul and Lee Hun-Sung as well as three-time MP Kim Sung-Won, Sung Il-Jong and Song Eon-Soo.
Following the announcement of the resignation of Quoon Siang-Dong, members of the PPP’s emergency leadership committee also offered to resign collectively.
Announcing the decision, PPP spokesperson Representative Sio G-Yang said that members like Representative Limi-Y-J and PPP’s top policy head Kim Song-Hun resigned in a general meeting of MPs in the National Assembly.
According to the Yonhap news agency, PPP is planning to hold a common meeting on the next Monday to discuss Kim Yong-Tay’s status and party reforms.
President Li J-Melg took over on Wednesday. He won the election with 49.42 percent votes on Tuesday, while Kim received 41.15 percent votes.
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