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| Kang Eun-mi, the chairman of the Justice Party, speaks before the Party National Committee held online at the Central Party of the Justice Party in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 30th. 2021.1.30/News1 © News1 Reporter Yoonsung Koo |
The Justice Party, which announced the transition to the emergency response committee system, is facing a major decision on whether to nominate the 4/7 re-election during the week. Kang Eun-mi, who led the Justice Party in crisis of existence, begins to struggle to resolve the confusion in the party after the sexual harassment of former representative Kim Jong-cheol of the party’s lawmaker on the 31st.
According to the Justice Party, the first meeting of the Non-Captain is scheduled to be convened on the 1st of next month when the extraordinary National Assembly begins in February. Major decision-making unit meetings are convened at all times, such as the non-capital committee, as well as the city and provincial party, and the national committee, which is expected to be held later this week, will decide whether to nominate the re-election by default.
In a call with News 1, an official from the Justice Party said, “In time, we have to make a decision this week,” and said, “As an election-related discussion was held once at the National Committee yesterday (30th), we will consider carefully and conclude.”
The Justice Party has urged the Democratic Party to be free of nominations, saying that the election was due to the sexual harassment of the late Mayor Park Won-soon and former Mayor of Busan, Mayor Oh Geo-don. The Justice Party has completed the registration of preliminary candidates for Seoul Mayor Kwon Soo-jeong, and Busan Mayor Kim Young-jin, Busan City Party Chairman.
The preliminary candidates were told to follow the leadership’s decision, but since Mugongcheon itself was unusual, fierce debate within the Justice Party was inevitable. Inside, there is a view that no candidates should be nominated and that they should be judged through elections.
Earlier, the Democratic Party decided to make a candidate for this election by advocating responsibility as the ruling party despite the party rule that no nominations should be made in the event of a by-election at the blame of the party’s head of the party.
It is reported that the Justice Party, which has been criticizing the Democratic Party strongly on this day, will struggle to prepare the next countermeasures, such as the formation of non-confrontational personnel, without much schedule.
The Justice Party leadership, which was converted into an emergency response meeting system on the 26th, expressed appreciation for “political responsibility,” a co-representative and a running mate of the party leader on the 29th, after three days. Decided to switch. The non-captain will operate until the next president is elected, and all relevant authorities, such as personnel composition, have been assigned to Chairman Kang.
In this regard, the official said in the call, “Nothing has been decided on whether or not to include 5 active-duty councilors (excluding Chairman Kang).”
Meanwhile, the Justice Party drew a line in the demand for the resignation of the 6th leadership, which started its term with former CEO Kim the day before. It was interpreted that the current leadership’s’responsibility theory’ is predominant as it is a chaotic situation that has overturned the leadership system along with the controversy over the existence of the party.