PPP to Restart Organizational Reinforcement Committee...Reorganizing Around 30 Accident-Prone Local Chapters Including Gangneung

The People Power Party is set to restart the Special Committee for Organizational Reinforcement (Jogang Special Committee), which had been suspended since the June 3 local elections. The party is expected to focus on reorganizing its local branches by appointing new heads of regional party organizations, particularly in about 30 accident-prone local party chapters (sago danghyeop), including Gangneung, Gangwon, where a parliamentary by-election is scheduled for April next year.

According to coverage by Yonhap News on August 9, the People Power Party plans to approve the new composition plan for the Jogang Special Committee at the Supreme Council meeting on the 10th, marking the official start of organizational improvements. Jeong Heeyong, the current Secretary General and lawmaker for Goryeong-Sungju-Chilgok in North Gyeongsang Province, will serve as chairman of the committee. Kang Myunggoo, Deputy Secretary General for Organization (lawmaker for Gumi-eul, North Gyeongsang Province), and Seo Chunho, Deputy Secretary General for Strategic Planning (lawmaker for Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province), will participate as ex-officio members. In addition, about four individuals, both within and outside the National Assembly, with a strong understanding of the party's organizational structure, are also expected to join as committee members.

Jang Donghyuk, leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the plenary meeting of the Special Committee for the Normalization of Real Estate Policy held at the National Assembly on August 7, 2026. Photo by Hyunmin Kim

The Jogang Special Committee plans to focus first on appointing heads for the approximately 30 accident-prone local party chapters in the Seoul metropolitan area. Of particular interest is the appointment of the party chapter head for Gangneung, Gangwon, where a by-election has been scheduled for next April due to former lawmaker Kwon Seongdong losing his seat.

There are expectations within the party that restarting the Jogang Special Committee, alongside the regular party business audit scheduled for the end of the year, may lead to a wide-scale reorganization of local branches. Should the pace of organizational reforms pick up around the first anniversary of Jang Donghyuk's tenure as party leader, the number of local party chapter heads replaced could increase significantly.

Previously, in February, the People Power Party's Party Business Audit Committee recommended to the Supreme Council that 37 local party chapter heads be replaced based on the results of the regular party business audit. However, Chairman Jang postponed the relevant measures at the time, stating that with just over 100 days left until the local elections, "now is the time to work together for victory in the local elections."

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