Petition Demands Resignation of People Power Party Leader Jang Dong-hyn; Leadership Questions Party Members' Intentions

[Anchor]

Calls for the resignation of People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyn are rising again within the party. Some party members have stepped forward, announcing plans to deliver a joint petition urging the wholesale resignation of the leadership to senior lawmakers.

Reporter Park Chan-beom has the details.

[Reporter]

This is the joint petition demanding the resignation of the People Power Party leadership led by Jang Dong-hyn.

Some party members demanding party reform launched a signature collection campaign starting last June, and posts urging participation have also surfaced in online communities supporting independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon.

They claim to have gathered signatures from around 22,000 party members and citizens so far, and stated that they sent emails yesterday (August 5) to 33 senior lawmakers with three or more terms belonging to the People Power Party, asking whether they would accept the petition.

Lawmakers with three terms are scheduled to meet on August 17, and those with four or more terms plan to gather sometime this month, to discuss the calls for Jang Dong-hyn's resignation.

[Cho Kyoung-tae / People Power Party Lawmaker : It is a historical irony itself that someone who advocated for election fraud and defended the ringleader of an insurrection is acting as the party leader of the main opposition party.]

The party leadership responded by stating, "It has not been verified how many of the signatories are genuine responsible party members," adding that "it is a one-sided claim of unknown authenticity."

Leader Jang also remarked that the number of responsible party members exceeds one million, suggesting that this does not reflect the views of the entire membership.

[Jang Dong-hyn / People Power Party Leader : Whether this is based on the voluntary will of the party members, or part of another strategy to shake the leadership as has always been the case...]

Refusing to step down as he marks his first year in office this month, Leader Jang appears to be seeking ways to consolidate his party control. Projections suggest he might replace a large number of local party chapter heads with figures close to the pro-leadership faction, citing reasons such as sluggish anti-government struggle activities.

(Camera: Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing: Oh Young-taek, Design: Cho Su-in)
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