Rep. Cho Kyoung-tae Files Ethics Complaint Against Leader Jang Dong-hyeok, Demands Expulsion

People Power Party lawmaker Cho Kyoung-tae demanded today (July 8) that party leader Jang Dong-hyeok be expelled from the party.

During a press conference at the National Assembly today, Rep. Cho stated, "As the most senior lawmaker in the National Assembly, I stand here to restore the collapsed sense of responsible politics." He urged, "For the survival of the party and victory in the next general election, the Ethics Committee must make a decisive decision to expel Representative Jang."

He cited several reasons for the ethics complaint: failure to fulfill a promise to resign following a defeat in local elections; causing a leadership vacuum with an 8-night, 10-day trip to the U.S. one month before the election; denying the judiciary's ruling regarding former President Yoon Suk Yeol's "insurrection charges"; and undermining intra-party democracy through "disciplinary politics."

Rep. Cho added, "I have submitted the request for disciplinary action against Representative Jang," and appealed, "Please join forces so that the People Power Party can become a sound conservative party once again and be reborn as a governing party loved by the people."

In a Q&A session with reporters following the press conference, Rep. Cho addressed criticism from Rep. Park Duk-hyum, who had targeted him by saying, "If you dislike the temple, it is logical for the monk to leave." Cho responded, "He should reflect on whether he himself is qualified to be a lawmaker, where he was during martial law, and why he opposed the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol."

Regarding allegations that he pressured National Assembly Deputy Speaker Park Duk-hyum to drop out of the race, which led to his own referral to the Ethics Committee, Cho said, "If the Ethics Committee is fair, they should place Representative Jang Dong-hyeok and me side-by-side and compare who actually committed acts detrimental to the party."

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