Politics · South Korea · 49 mins ago
People Power Party leader moves to replace ethics committee
People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok is seeking to replace the party’s ethics committee, which rules on discipline for members.
Five of its six members, including its chair, have said they intend to resign, although their terms had about two months left.
A committee member has called Han Dong-hoon’s expulsion a fabricated punishment and said the committee’s decisions were manipulated.
Han, now an independent lawmaker, says the member who took part in his expulsion has admitted wrongdoing and apologized to him publicly.
The dispute follows an earlier committee reorganization after its former chair said he had been urged to resign; the new committee then voted to expel Han.
Jang has dismissed the accusations as a political attack, while the dissenting member says he has evidence and wants the cases reviewed.
The member has called on Jang and the committee chair to disclose what happened and investigate the disciplinary decisions.
People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok is seeking to replace the party’s ethics committee.
Five of the committee’s six members have indicated they intend to resign.
Ethics Committee member Hwang Gyeong-seong accused Jang of trying to conceal what he called fabricated disciplinary actions.
Jang rejected the accusation as a political attack, according to the Chosun Ilbo.
The dispute centres in part on the committee’s decision to expel former party leader Han Dong-hoon.
- Who
- People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok is seeking to replace the party’s ethics committee; five of its six members have indicated they will resign.
- What
- Jang communicated his intention to replace the existing committee members. Hwang Gyeong-seong accused him of seeking to hide allegedly fabricated disciplinary actions.
- When
- November 11, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea; the reports concern the People Power Party.
- Why
- The move was described as an effort to strengthen Jang’s control of the party. Hwang said it was intended to suppress scrutiny of the committee’s disciplinary decisions.
Jang Dong-hyeok
Hwang Gyeong-seong
Purpose of the committee change
Jang Dong-hyeok
Jang rejected the allegation as a political attack.
Hwang Gyeong-seong
Hwang said replacing the committee would conceal what he called fabricated disciplinary actions.
Disciplinary decisions
Jang Dong-hyeok
Jang’s position was not detailed in the reports.
Hwang Gyeong-seong
Hwang alleged the committee’s decisions, including Han Dong-hoon’s expulsion, were fabricated and said he had evidence.
The current ethics committee members were appointed, according to Yonhap.
Jang previously formed a new ethics committee after then-chair Yeo Sang-won resigned, Yonhap reported.
Jang sought to replace the existing ethics committee, and five of its six members indicated they intended to resign.
Hwang accused Jang of concealing fabricated disciplinary actions, while Jang called the accusation a political attack.
- Committee members
- Five of six indicated they intended to resign
- Committee appointment
- January 8, 2026
- Committee term
- One year, with one possible renewal
- Jang’s term as party leader
- Through mid-August 2027
- Contested disciplinary case
- Han Dong-hoon’s expulsion
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이제 와서 윤리위를 교체하려는 것은 윤리위 징계를 통해 당대표 체제 유지에 성공하자, 조작 징계의 전모가 드러날까 두려워 말썽 소지를 없애려는 토사구팽
정치 공세
저를 제명하는 데 직접 참여했던 윤리위원이 저를 조작 징계했다고 양심선언했고, 피해자인 저에게 공개 사과했다