<Anchor> The
Justice Party, which is controversial over the sexual harassment of former CEO Kim Jong-cheol, has decided not to nominate a candidate for the re-election in April.
It is known that internal opinions have been divided over the leadership position, but the final conclusion is expected to be reached at the National Committee held today (30th).
This is Kang Cheong-wan.
<Reporter> The
Justice Party held an emergency countermeasure meeting until late at night last night and debated over the issue of nomination of candidates for re-election in April and leadership.
Internally, it is reported that the company has stepped into the'no-nomination policy' that does not give no candidates for re-election of Seoul and Busan mayors in April.
However, the pros and cons are tight on whether or not the leadership resigns.
It is said that the opinion that the party should put everything down in the face of sexual harassment of the party's members of the party, and that the remaining leadership, such as the by-election of the next representative, to perform the role until the end for the party's normalization is rather fulfilling its responsibilities.
However, as Rep. Eun-joo Lee publicly requested the general resignation of the leadership yesterday, and Vice President Kim Yoon-ki, who served as the representative office, resigned, the weight was put on the general resignation side of the leadership.
The Justice Party plans to make the final decision at the National Committee held this afternoon via video conferencing.
Previously, the Justice Party admitted to the fact of sexual harassment against the same party's lawmaker Jang Hye-young and deprived the former representative of Kim Jong-cheol, who resigned.
[Jeong Ho-jin/Jeong Eui-dang Chief Spokesperson: This is the decision to dismiss the highest disciplinary punishment the Party can take.]
In addition,
we decided
to open a sex crime reporting hotline and conduct a survey on the status of the organizational culture for all party members.