Another PPP Ethics Committee Member Resigns Amid Deepening Internal Strife

As the Central Ethics Committee meeting of the People Power Party is set to be held today (the 27th), another ethics committee member has resigned.

In accordance with the policy of Party Leader Jang Dong-hyeok, the Ethics Committee suspended disciplinary discussions until the local elections, but resumed disciplinary reviews by holding two meetings on the 6th and 22nd.

However, prior to the meeting on the 22nd, one ethics committee member resigned citing the burden of identity exposure, reducing the committee to a six-member system. With ethics committee members boycotting the meeting in protest against the unilateral meeting management style of Chairperson Yoon Min-woo, the meeting was eventually held with only three members in attendance.

The Ethics Committee plans to hold a meeting at 2 p.m. today to continue deliberating on some 60 disciplinary cases submitted before and after the June 3 local elections, but another ethics committee member has additionally resigned, shrinking the committee to a five-member system.

It is reported that the ethics committee member in question resigned due to the burden caused by the successive internal conflicts.

It is known that Woo Jong-hwan, Vice Chairperson of the Ethics Committee, and another ethics committee member will also be absent from today's meeting.

The Ethics Committee can pass disciplinary resolutions with the attendance of a majority of incumbent members and the approval of a majority of the attending members, meaning decisions can be made even if only three ethics committee members, including Chairperson Yoon Min-woo, are present.

Among the roughly 60 disciplinary requests filed, Representative Cho Kyung-tae and others are being mentioned as the primary targets for disciplinary action, having been reported for making phone calls to sabotage the election of Representative Park Duk-hyum during the plenary session of the National Assembly held to elect the National Assembly Vice Speaker allocated to the opposition party.

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