South Korea's ruling party respects President Lee's decision to withdraw Lee Jin-sook's nomination... ”Personnel authority is the sole prerogative of the president”

On the 20th, South Korea's ruling Democratic Party said it "respects the president's personnel authority" in response to President Lee Jae-myung's withdrawal of his nomination of Lee Jin-sook as education minister candidate.
"The personnel hearing will be held on the 1st and 2nd floors of the National Assembly, and the 2nd floor will be held on the 1st floor of the National Assembly. The ...
"I understand that the party's opinion was conveyed to the presidential office after the hearing," he said. "However, since personnel matters are the sole authority of the president, we will respect his decision."
"It is the consensus of the Supreme Council members," Park said in response to the main opposition People Power Party, saying, "We will not be a hindrance to national affairs, but will continue to hold the hearing procedures and procedures for the remaining ministers in order to overcome the national crisis."
"We agreed that we should cooperate with the National Assembly's procedures for the appointment, including the adoption of the report," he said.
The Democratic Party of Korea Supreme Committee also announced that it had called the floor leader, Eon-seok, to request similar cooperation.
The party has recommended to the party convention preparation committee that the on-site vote by party members for the election of the new president be postponed to the 2nd of next month.
"This caused extensive damage. As a result, we received many calls from party members and the public calling for the date of the party convention to be adjusted."
He added, "From tomorrow, the party will mobilize all of its strength to do its best to restore the flood damage," and added, "For this reason,
"The on-site voting in the Honam and Gyeonggi/Incheon areas, which was scheduled for the 6th and 27th, will be consolidated and held on August 2nd," he said.
Kim Byung-ki, who is the floor leader and acting party leader, held discussions with both candidates Jeong Cheong-rae and Park Chan-dae, and ultimately decided to run the party through the Party Congress Preparation Committee.
"A formal decision will be made at that time."