Song Eon-seok Resigns as Floor Leader: "Laid the Minimum Foundation for Party's Recovery"

Song Eon-seok, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, resigned on June 5. Song stated, "Although there are regrets about the recent local elections, we have at least laid the minimum foundation for the party to rise again. I was unable to fully achieve the party's reconstruction due to my own limitations, and now that responsibility will be taken up by the new floor leader."

Song made this announcement during a general meeting of party lawmakers held at the National Assembly later that afternoon. Song had served a one-year term as floor leader after being elected to the position at a lawmakers' meeting in June last year. In July last year, he also served concurrently as acting leader of the emergency response committee following Assemblyman Kim Yong-tae, and after the inauguration of Jang Dong-hyuk as party leader, continued to lead the party as floor leader.

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Regarding the election results, Song remarked, "The people did not give unilateral support to any one political faction, and have once again reminded us of the importance of the democratic principle of checks and balances. The People Power Party has been entrusted with the heavy task of reflecting with greater humility and pursuing innovation. I ask that a new floor leader be elected swiftly so that the party can move forward with renewed vigor."

He also reflected on the past year, saying, "After the presidential election defeat, the party was in deep turmoil, and we faced continuous tension due to the fierce political offensives and special prosecutor initiatives led by President Lee Jaemyung and the Democratic Party of Korea. For a year, I worked with the concepts of survival and reconstruction in mind. Looking back on the past year, one word that comes to mind is 'humiliation.'"

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