Democratic Party member Song Ga-suk, a member of the non-Lee Jae-Myung family, announces resignation from the appointed Supreme Committee...Impact of passing consent bill for arrest of Representative Lee = South Korea

On the 23rd, members of the Democratic Party (opposition) along with Song Gap-seok, a non-Lee Jae-myung affiliated member, announced their resignation from their positions as Supreme Committee members. Lee Jae-myung (Lee Jae-myung) and Democratic Party (opposition party)
) This seems to be due to the influence of the passing of the consent bill for arrest of the representative. In a statement sent to reporters this afternoon, Democratic Party spokesperson Kang Seong-woo said, ``Yesterday, Supreme Committee member Song
I expressed my resignation as a designated Supreme Committee member to the representative in Myeong, and after much effort, Lee accepted my resignation today.'' Rep. Song also released a statement on the same day, saying, ``On the 21st, the bill consenting to the arrest of Representative Lee was passed.''
Immediately after that, I decided to resign." Lawmaker Song said, ``Before announcing my intention to publicly resign, I believe it is the order and the right thing to do to ask the representative, who has the authority to appoint, to accept it.
Lee expressed his intention to resign through Chief Secretary Cho Jung-ho, and today Secretary-General Cho Jeong-sik informed him that he had ``accepted his resignation.'' The official resignation announcement will be made next Monday.
I will make this comment at the Supreme Committee's public statement on the same day." At the time of the reshuffle of party executives in March, Chairman Lee appointed Rep. Song to the post as a kind of ``Touheisaku'' measure in order to settle the conflict between factions.
Appointed as a top committee member. Rep. Song has been speaking out to Representative Lee through ``Democratic Way'', a group of supporters of Lee Jae-Myung. Rep. Song's resignation was announced on the 21st, after the consent bill for Lee's arrest was passed, and he became a pro-Lee Jae-myung.
This is interpreted as a result of the fact that the party leadership, which is dominated by party members, has said it will hold non-Lee Jae-myung members accountable, and is feeling burdened by the flood of calls for resignation from hard-line party members.
There is also a possibility that Go MIN JEONG, another member of the Lee Jae-Myung family, will resign from his position as Supreme Committee member.
has been raised. At a meeting the day before, Supreme Committee Member Gao referred to demands for resignation from hard-line party members and said, ``For a Supreme Committee member who was established with the support of party members to receive demands from party members to resign means that he has already lost confidence.
Thing. I will abide by the judgment of party members." Furthermore, as Supreme Committee Member Gao is an elected official, he can step down from his position without approval from party representatives.