The People Power Party held a retreat ahead of the September regular National Assembly session, emphasizing the need to create a legislature that can stop the "misrule and tyranny" of the Lee Jae-myung administration. Party leaders stressed the importance of unity, urging members to "fight together as one."
Jang Dong-hyuk, the party leader, stated at the retreat in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, "We must respond to the people's livelihoods more effectively than anyone else and confront tyranny more resolutely than anyone else."
He noted, "The Lee Jae-myung administration has been in power for just over a year, yet the pace of South Korea's decline is accelerating. We must clearly represent the concerns and anger of the public during this regular session and the government audits."
Jang added, "We need to prepare thoroughly for government questioning and audits to expose the failures and tyranny of the Lee administration while also presenting our party's correct alternatives. We must root out attempts to cancel President Lee's trial and any constitutional amendments for re-election during this session."
He warned that the Democratic Party would push for a special investigation to cancel the trial and would use various tricks to build momentum for re-election amendments. "We cannot remain idle just because we lack seats. We must resist and prevent these actions alongside the public," he said.
Regarding the allegations of mismanagement by the Election Commission, he stated, "The realities of the disenfranchisement will gradually come to light. We must not leave everything to the special investigation; we need to thoroughly address issues in the National Assembly. We must prepare for electoral reform and Election Commission reform from now on to take the lead and push forward with urgency."
He concluded, "Our party must provide the right answers to uplift the lives of the people. All members of our party must fight with a single heart, focusing solely on the people and South Korea."
Jung Jeong-sik, the floor leader, remarked, "The Lee Jae-myung government is beginning to show its limitations as it enters its second year in power. The repercussions of misguided policies in all areas, including real estate, stocks, prices, education, the Yellow Envelope Law, and the Korea-U.S. alliance, are becoming evident, and the crises we warned about are materializing."
He urged, "We must verify and expose the destruction and dismantling being carried out by the Lee administration during the regular session. As the opposition party, our duty is to point out what has gone wrong in each committee and propose alternatives."
Jung also emphasized the need to pay special attention to issues directly affecting the public's assets, such as real estate and stocks. "The rushed introduction of single-stock leveraged ETFs and the controversy over using the National Pension Fund to prop up stock prices must be thoroughly investigated during this government audit," he asserted.
He called for unity among the 109 members, stating, "Let’s fight together as one with the public. We can win if we fight both separately and together."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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