At National Assembly, Oh Sehun at 'Seoul Chapter Forum,' Jang Dong-hyeok at 'Budget Announcement,' Han Dong-hoon at 'Party Reform Forum'

Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun, People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok, and independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon are attending separate events at the National Assembly today (Nov. 3).

As competition for leadership among key conservative figures intensifies following Mayor Oh's acquittal in an appellate court, attention is focusing not only on the messages each will deliver while carrying out different schedules at the National Assembly on the same day, but also on which events People Power Party lawmakers will attend.

First, Mayor Oh will attend a forum titled "Preservation of World Heritage and the Future of Cities: Seeking a Path to Coexistence" at the National Assembly this morning, co-hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the People Power Party's Seoul chapter.

Lawmaker Cho Eun-hee, the head of the party's Seoul chapter who is classified as part of the "pro-Oh faction," lawmakers representing the Seoul region, and lawmakers belonging to the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee are scheduled to attend the event.

Party leader Jang will hold a press conference at the National Assembly at 11:00 a.m. to announce the "Five Key Solution Budgets."

Leader Jang plans to state his position advocating for an increase in budgets for five key areas essential to people's lives—jobs, livelihood, caregiving, safety, and youth—in exchange for cutting 134 trillion won in unnecessary spending from the government's 821 trillion-won budget proposal for next year.

Prior to this, lawmaker Han will host a forum titled "Party Reform: What and How to Do It" at 9:30 a.m., together with five-term heavyweight People Power Party lawmakers Kim Kihyun and Yoon Sang-hyun.

At the forum, lawmaker Han plans to emphasize "bottom-up nominations," arguing that nomination authority concentrated in the party leadership should be returned to the public and party members to secure victory in the general elections.

Within the party, interpretations are also emerging that which event lawmakers choose to attend on this day could serve as a barometer for reading the landscape of the future struggle for leadership within the conservative bloc.
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