Yang Hyang-ja and Woo Jae-jun: "No Plans to Resign from Supreme Council Unless Entire Leadership Steps Down"

It has been confirmed that People Power Party (PPP) Supreme Council members Yang Hyang-ja and Woo Jae-jun, who have called for the mass resignation of the party leadership, have no intention of stepping down from their own positions first.

Following the Supreme Council meeting, Supreme Council member Yang Hyang-ja told SBS, "I have no intention of resigning from my position as a Supreme Council member," adding, "I plan to attend the next Supreme Council meeting as well."

She further explained her reasoning, stating, "If I resign now, the pro-party faction will fill the vacancy through a by-election."

During her opening remarks at the Supreme Council meeting this morning (June 15), Yang labeled the current leadership a "zombie leadership" and demanded a mass resignation.

Supreme Council member Woo Jae-jun, who was the first to demand the leadership's mass resignation last week, also told SBS that he has no plans to resign from his post first.

However, it is reported that Woo does not intend to attend future Supreme Council meetings.

Other members of the leadership, including Representative Jang Dong-hyuk, immediately pushed back against the two members' demands for resignation.

In response to Yang's "zombie leadership" remark, Representative Jang pointed out, "You must have seen the Realmeter poll results released this morning," adding, "Describing the leadership as zombies is an insult to the citizens who have shown their support."

Supreme Council member Cho Kwang-han also reacted sharply, stating, "An immature group is babbling in an alien language."

Park Jun-tae, Chief of Staff to the Party Representative, directly criticized Yang, saying, "If you feel responsible for losing an election, you should resign yourself or take responsibility in another way."

It is reported that during a closed-door pre-meeting, Park had asked the Supreme Council members to refrain from harsh criticism of the leadership, noting that the party's approval ratings have been rising recently.

In a party approval rating survey conducted by Realmeter at the request of Energy Economy News from the 11th to the 12th, targeting 1,002 adults aged 18 and older nationwide, a reversal in support between the parties was observed.

The Democratic Party of Korea recorded 38.0%, while the People Power Party reached 44.3%, the highest level since the current administration took office.

The survey had a margin of error of ±3.1%p at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 3.8%.

The survey was conducted using an automated response system (ARS) based on a wireless random digit dialing (RDD) sampling frame.

Further details can be found on the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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