3,000 Party Members Call for Maximum Discipline... Representative Lee Jin-sook Referred to Ethics Committee

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People Power Party Representative Lee Jin-sook, who sparked controversy over a seminar related to the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, was referred to the party's Ethics Committee today (August 17). Some 3,000 party members who participated in the referral demanded the highest level of disciplinary action, stating that she pushed ahead with the seminar despite the party's dissuasion and denied the spirit of the democratization movement.

Reporter Bae Junu has the details.

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The seminar related to the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement hosted by People Power Party Representative Lee Jin-sook and others at the National Assembly Library on the 13th.

During the seminar, arguments distorting and disparaging the May 18 spirit broke out, such as denying responsibility on Jeon Doo-hwan.

[(August 13, Seminar) May 18 was a riot and a rebellion!]

Some 3,000 core members of the People Power Party visited the party headquarters in Yeouido today and referred Representative Lee Jin-sook to the Ethics Committee, demanding "the highest level of disciplinary action, including expulsion or a recommendation to leave the party."

[Choi Jun-young / People Power Party Core Member: If heavy disciplinary action is not taken against lawmaker Lee Jin-sook, who fomented public division, the People Power Party should take down its signboard as a 'democratic party' right this instant.]

The referral document also included criticisms such as, "Despite Floor Leader Chung Jum-seok asking to cancel the event, Representative Lee defied the party's intent," and "This directly opposes the party platform recognizing the historical legitimacy of the May 18 Democratization Movement, and walked straight into a frame where the entire party is stigmatized as a force that disparages May 18."

The People Power Party leadership stated that it is difficult to specifically discuss the leadership's stance because the seminar was not an official party event, while adding the following.

[Park Sung-hoon / People Power Party Senior Spokesperson: It was an academic event, and we are not reviewing disciplinary action at this time.]

The People Power Party Ethics Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss whether to discipline four affiliated lawmakers, drawing keen attention to whether Representative Lee Jin-sook will be included as a subject of discussion.

(Video filming: Kim Yong-woo, Video editing: Lee So-young)
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