PPP Ethics Committee Lowers Disciplinary Action for Kwon Youngjin... One-Year Suspension of Party Membership

Lim Jongduk's Suspension Lifted

Yoon Hanhong's Disciplinary Action Frozen: "Political Oppression"

The Central Ethics Committee of the People Power Party decided on September 30 to reduce the disciplinary action against Assemblyman Kwon Youngjin to "one-year suspension of party membership."

Yonhap News Agency

The ethics committee announced that during a full meeting held that morning, it accepted Assemblyman Kwon's statement and request for retrial, discussed the matter, and reached this decision.

Previously, in July, Assemblyman Kwon sparked controversy after a physical altercation with Floor Leader Jeong Jeom-sik and former Floor Leader Song Eon-seok as he protested the allocation of standing committee posts for the latter half of the parliamentary term. In response, the People Power Party’s ethics committee handed down the severe penalty of a one-and-a-half-year suspension of party membership. Kwon requested a retrial of this disciplinary measure.

At the time of his retrial request, Assemblyman Kwon said, "I asked for careful review of several issues: concerns that a committee member who might be unfair could participate in the disciplinary deliberation, the restriction of the right to file recusals due to the non-disclosure of committee member lists, and issues of fairness compared to similar cases," adding, "I urge the committee to conduct a thorough review and deliver a reasonable outcome."

Meanwhile, the ethics committee revoked the suspension of duties it had imposed on Assemblyman Lim Jongdeuk after a court, in a first-instance ruling the previous day, dismissed charges related to his alleged intervention in personnel matters at the National Security Office. Lim previously served as the Second Deputy Director of the National Security Office under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration.

Additionally, regarding Assemblyman Yun Han-hong, who has been indicted over allegations related to the relocation of the presidential residence under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, the committee decided to lift his suspension from duty. The ethics committee stated, "The prosecution’s indictment of Assemblyman Yun was found to have significant grounds such as political persecution."

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