People Power Party Considers Electing All Constituency Heads Through Party Member Vote

"Decision to be Made at Next Supreme Council Meeting After Gathering Opinions"

The People Power Party is considering a plan to elect all party constituency heads through a vote among party members.

Jang Donghyuk, leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 13th.

Jung Heeyong, Secretary-General of the People Power Party and head of the Special Committee for Organizational Reinforcement, met with reporters on the 13th after the Supreme Council meeting and said, "If party constituency heads, whose terms expire at the end of this month, are not retained but are instead elected by party members, all seats would become 'problematic constituencies' (regions without a constituency head). In that case, we would have to relinquish all positions and go through an official announcement process."

However, the specific details, such as the selection method, have not yet been confirmed. Secretary-General Jung explained, "Today, we only discussed the method and timing of the election for constituency heads. There was no mention regarding the scale or detailed procedures in the meeting."

The Special Committee for Organizational Reinforcement is originally tasked with filling vacant constituency head positions. Currently, there are 32 problematic constituencies within the People Power Party. In addition, 27 locations that were recommended for replacement of constituency heads by the Party Affairs Audit Committee in its last meeting will also need to be supplemented if the Supreme Council decides to designate them as problematic constituencies. Including regions where activities were insufficient during local elections and constituency head posts whose terms expire at the end of this month, virtually all positions could become problematic constituencies, leading to a large-scale reshuffling.

Chairman Jung added, "Since the Special Committee for Organizational Reinforcement is unable to make a related decision, I reported this matter to the Supreme Council for a decision." He continued, "The Supreme Council stated that, in order to make a decision including the method of election by party members, it would follow the party constitution and regulations, collect opinions from regional party chairpersons and the Secretary-General, and then make a decision at the next Supreme Council meeting."

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