'Pro-Lee' Democratic Party of Korea Gyeonggi Innovation Council Urges: "Expel Choi Minhee Immediately"

Press conference in front of Supreme Council member Choi Minhee's constituency office in Namyangju
"Impose the highest level of disciplinary action commensurate with a Supreme Council member's position and responsibility"

The Gyeonggi Democratic Innovation Council, the Gyeonggi branch of the Democratic National Innovation Council, a prominent pro-Lee Jae-myung group within the Democratic Party of Korea, called for the expulsion of Supreme Council member Choi Minhee on November 14. Choi has come under fire for remarks suggesting that President Lee Jae-myung opposed the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Democratic Gyeonggi Innovation Council, the Gyeonggi regional organization of the pro-Lee Jae-myung group The Democratic National Innovation Council, holds a press conference on the 14th in front of the local office of Choi Minhee, a Democratic Party of Korea Supreme Council member representing Namyangju A in Gyeonggi Province. Photo provided by the Democratic Gyeonggi Innovation Council.

The Gyeonggi Democratic Innovation Council held a press conference that morning in front of Choi's constituency office in Pyeongnae-dong, Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, and called for her immediate expulsion, saying, "Expel Supreme Council member Choi immediately to restore the party's shattered trust and honor."

"If she arbitrarily interpreted the president's judgment and distorted his position to advance her own political argument, this is not something that can be brushed aside with an explanation or an apology," the group said.

The group also cited Choi's description of journalists as a "pack of hyenas" and the controversy over her alleged obstruction of news coverage. It claimed that Choi skipped a Supreme Council meeting, then held a press conference to criticize party leader Kim Minseok and raised objections to Kim's order for an ethics investigation.

The group added, "A seat on the Supreme Council is neither a faction's spoils nor a tool for power struggles within the party," and stressed, "The facts must be thoroughly verified in accordance with the party constitution and rules, and the highest level of disciplinary action commensurate with the status and responsibility of a Supreme Council member must be imposed."

The press conference was attended by Lee Wonho and Kim Kyungil, co-chairs of the Gyeonggi Innovation Council; executive committee chair Tak Jeongseok; Choi Gwonseok, head of the Ansan City Innovation Council; and Lee Gyeongyun, head of the Osan City Innovation Council.

The Democratic Innovation Council held a press conference at Namyangju City Council in Gyeonggi Province on November 13, calling on the party leadership to conduct a thorough investigation into Democratic Party of Korea Supreme Council member Choi Minhee, who has drawn criticism over a series of recent remarks, and to expel her immediately based on the findings.

Choi had earlier explained that the context of a closed-door meeting had been distorted in connection with her remarks about the president. She later acknowledged that there had been confusion in her explanation and apologized. On November 14, Choi skipped a party Supreme Council meeting along with Supreme Council members Lee Seongyun and Han Minsu, and held a separate press conference to criticize Kim's order for an ethics investigation, among other things.

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