Korean media: South Korea’s ruling party’s leadership decided to collectively resign and be responsible for the defeat

　　China News Service, April 8th. According to Korean media reports, on the 8th local time, local government leaders and parliamentarians in South Korea voted for the by-election. The largest opposition party, the National Power Party, won overwhelming victories in multiple regions, and the ruling party shared The Democratic Party is losing ground.

For this reason, the leadership of the Common Democratic Party decided to resign collectively and was responsible for the disastrous defeat in the by-election.

　　According to previous reports, on April 8, the results of the by-election by local government leaders and parliamentarians in South Korea came out. The National Power Party, the largest opposition party, won the posts of Mayor of Seoul and Mayor of Busan, and won overwhelming victories in many regions.

The ruling party, the Common Democratic Party, was defeated.

　　On the same day, the Common Democratic Party convened a meeting of parliamentarians and reached a consensus on the leadership to take the blame and resign. Party Chi Jin Tainian, who is acting as the party leader, will make an official statement after the meeting.

Shen Donggen, the top member of the Common Democratic Party, has posted on social media on the way to the meeting, expressing his great sense of responsibility and announcing his resignation.

　　According to reports, the Supreme Committee was originally composed of 9 people. Because of the resignation of Li Luoyuan, the chairman of the Election Countermeasures Committee, as the party leader last month, there are currently 8 people left.

The term of office of the top committee member ends in August next year, but he resigned with the responsibility for about one and a half years left.

　　There are reports that the ruling party’s defeat in the local by-election means that the South Korean progressives have won four consecutive victories in the 2016 parliamentary elections, 2017 presidential elections, 2018 local elections, and 2020 parliamentary elections in the past five years. After the first defeat.

　　The analysis believes that, mainly due to the recent property market turmoil and the "land speculation" scandal by staff of the planning department, the public's support for the ruling party has fallen sharply, leading to the ruling party's fiasco.

This will have a certain impact on the political structure of the ruling party, the late Moon Jae-in administration, and even the presidential election.