The chairperson of the Rebuilding Korea Party's Innovation Policy Research Institute, Cho, said on the 6th regarding the internal gender misconduct allegations, "Regardless of what my party position is, I will look into whether there were any shortcomings in the handling of past incidents and focus on preparing measures to prevent recurrence."
On that day, Cho appeared on the Kyunghyang TV YouTube channel and expressed sorrow about the previous day's defection of former spokesperson Kang Mi-jung related to the incident, stating, "As a former leader, it broke my heart, and although I wrote a post on social media, I must apologize first."
Cho stated regarding this incident, "When the gender misconduct incident occurred, I was in prison at that time, so I was in a position where I could not intervene in any party affairs."
Cho addressed the concerns about inadequate responses to the gender misconduct incident after being released from prison on the special pardon for Liberation Day on the 15th, saying, "After my release, I had several schedules scheduled immediately."
He added, "In that process, I wondered if I could have met this person a little sooner and communicated, and I had promised to meet once.
Earlier, former spokesperson Kang held a press conference the day before and defected, claiming that the party was ignoring victims of sexual harassment. Kang stated that she reported the facts to Cho but did not receive a response.
In response, Cho explained in a Facebook post, "At the time of the (gender misconduct incident), as I was non-party due to the party's expulsion, there was no role I could play in the process of the party's official procedures."
One of the gender misconduct incidents, the so-called 'karaoke sexual assault' incident, occurred on December 12th last year, when Cho was sentenced to two years in prison for obstruction of business and abuse of power, which was confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Hwang Hyun-seon, Secretary-General of the Rebuilding Korea Party, stated on Facebook that "An immediate investigation will be implemented regarding the entrance of political appointees to karaoke on the day of the Supreme Court's judgment of former representative Cho," and added, "As Secretary-General, I requested the Party Audit Committee to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the gathering on that date and the karaoke incident."