2024-01-24 23:19:00
Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-joo./News 1
It has been reported that Representative Lee Eun-joo, a proportional representative member of the Justice Party, submitted a letter of resignation to the National Assembly ahead of the Supreme Court ruling that could result in the election being invalidated.
According to the Justice Party, Lee submitted his resignation letter to the National Assembly on the 24th. It is reported that Rep. Lee will officially announce his resignation at a joint meeting of the party’s emergency response committee and lawmakers held on the morning of the 25th.
Rep. Lee’s resignation with only about four months left in the term of office of the 21st National Assembly, which ends on May 30, is interpreted as an attempt to increase the possibility of the Justice Party securing ‘No. 3’ in the general election.
Rep. Lee was indicted on charges of illegally receiving political donations of 3.12 million won from 77 members of the Seoul Transportation Corporation union between September and November 2019, and was sentenced to eight months in prison, equivalent to an invalidation of election, and two years of probation in the second trial in November last year. was sentenced to
If a proportional representative member of the National Assembly resigns or loses his/her seat, the seat goes to the next person on the list of proportional representative candidates submitted by the same political party before the election, but such succession becomes impossible from the 30th of this month, four months before the expiration of the member’s term. After this point, if Rep. Lee’s loss of his seat is confirmed by the Supreme Court ruling, the Justice Party will lose one seat and have five seats.
The political party symbol for the April general election will be assigned according to the number of seats as of March 22, the deadline for candidate registration. If the solidarity of third-zone political parties and the withdrawal of active members of the People Power Party and the Democratic Party lead to the joining of third-zone parties, the Justice Party This symbol number 3 may be taken away.
In addition, the resignation of a member of the National Assembly is confirmed when the resignation is passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly. It is known that the reason Representative Lee submitted his resignation on the 24th was to ensure that the resignation could be processed at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 25th. This is because it is unknown whether the plenary session of the National Assembly will be held again until the 30th, when proportional representation succession becomes impossible.
If Representative Lee’s resignation is confirmed, the Justice Party’s proportional representative position will be inherited by Yang Kyung-gyu, former vice-chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.
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