▲ People Power Party Supreme Council member Yang Hyang-ja proposes the mass resignation of the party leadership during a Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on June 15.
It has been confirmed that People Power Party 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 the reason for not resigning, stating, "If I resign now, the pro-party faction will take the seat through a by-election."
Earlier this morning, during her opening remarks at the Supreme Council meeting, Supreme Council member Yang referred to the current leadership as a "zombie leadership" and demanded their mass resignation.
Supreme Council member Woo Jae-jun, who first demanded the mass resignation of the leadership last week, also told SBS that he has no plans to resign from his position 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 resignation demands from the two Supreme Council members.
Regarding 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 Gwang-han also reacted angrily, stating, "An immature group is babbling in an alien language."
Park Jun-tae, Chief of Staff to the party leader, directly criticized Yang, saying, "If you think you should take responsibility 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 asked the Supreme Council members to refrain from harsh criticism of the leadership, noting that the party's approval rating has been rising recently.
In a party approval rating survey conducted by Realmeter at the request of Energy Economy News from June 11 to 12, targeting 1,002 people aged 18 or older nationwide, a reversal in support between the parties was observed.
The Democratic Party of Korea recorded 38.0%, while the People Power Party recorded 44.3%, the highest 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 RDD (Random Digit Dialing) sampling frame.
For further details, please refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.
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