‘Concurrent position of Chung Cheong-rae Standing Committee’… In-hospital leadership workshops were held, but ’empty-handed’｜The Dong-A Ilbo

In addition, the leadership of the pro-myeong (Lee Jae-myung) party, such as Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, and the floor leader Park Gwang-on, who is from the secret (non-Lee Jae-myung) line, are showing differences every day over pending party issues, such as the distribution of the National Assembly standing chairs and the launch of the Innovation Committee. Conflict between the two sides is escalating, starting with the open criticism of the party leadership in relation to the coin scandal by non-partisan member Kim Nam-guk at the general assembly last month, and the controversy over the concurrent position of Chung Cheong-rae, the core member of the pro-myung faction, as the standing chairman. The members of the non-myeong-gye group put their strength on Park and demanded that the meeting be made permanent, saying, “We must make the meeting, which all lawmakers can participate in, the highest decision-making body in the party.”

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 2nd, Chung reiterated his intention to defend the position of the National Assembly’s Public Administration and Security Chairman, saying, “I will definitely correct the wrong.” Chung, who had previously served as the chair of the National Assembly’s science, technology, information, broadcasting and communication committee, was tentatively appointed as the chairman of the Public Administration and Security Administration, but his election was put on hold due to opposition from members of the secret circle at a general meeting held prior to the plenary session on the 30th of last month.

Supreme Commissioner Jeong also appealed for support from the supporters of Lee Kang-seong, saying on Facebook the day before (the 1st), “If Chung Cheong-rae steps down, the next target is Lee and the leadership.” By the afternoon of the 2nd, about 47,000 people had agreed to Congressman Jeong’s petition for the appointment of the chairman of the Public Administration and Security Commission, which was posted on the party’s petition bulletin board on the 30th of last month.

Against this, the screaming world is demanding the in-house leadership to ‘permanently make the agreement’. A non-myung-affiliated lawmaker for re-election said, “Since the highest level, centered on pro-myung faction, cannot properly collect opinions, we need to make the council the party’s highest decision-making body.” A lawmaker belonging to the in-house leadership also said, “The party leadership should listen to the opinions of the party and not run it arbitrarily.”

Even with the party innovation committee, which has yet to be launched, the temperature difference between the pro-Myeong party leadership and the non-Myeong floor leadership is detectable. A situation where there is a claim that ‘the party leadership should delegate full authority to the innovation committee’, centering on the screaming world. However, a pro-name person said, “It is not desirable to give full power to an innovation organization,” and “rather than rushing to launch, it should be properly organized.” On the other hand, an official from the in-house leadership said, “If we delay the launch of the innovation body in addition to the issue of the standing chairperson, the resistance from lawmakers will only increase,” and “the time has come for CEO Lee to come to a conclusion directly at the top, but there seems to be no progress.” . At a meeting with reporters on this day, CEO Lee only replied, “We are discussing a lot and collecting opinions” regarding the formation and launch of the Innovation Committee.

Floor leader Park held a workshop at the National Assembly this afternoon with floor leaders, including floor leader Song Ki-heon, and started discussing next year’s general election strategy and pending issues within the party. After the workshop, floor spokesperson Kim Han-kyu met with reporters and said, “It is difficult to make an arbitrary decision, and we must borrow the form of a general meeting of members to report the collected opinions and seek consent” regarding the election of the standing chairman.

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