Cho Kuk, the Rebuilding Korea Party emergency response committee chairperson, will step down from the chair. The goal is to run for party leader at the Rebuilding Korea Party convention to be held on the 23rd.
Cho, the chairperson, said at the emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 6th, "I will resign as emergency committee chair this afternoon. It is to run for party leader," and added, "At this final official occasion attending as emergency committee chair, I want to express my deep gratitude to the emergency committee members."
Cho, the chairperson, said, "Through the emergency committee, I realized an important fact: only when there is self-reflection and mutual respect can the community truly become one," and added, "And that is a slow but the fastest path to restoring the people's trust."
Cho continued, "I am putting down the emergency committee chair, but I ask that the remaining 'New Party Vision' also be brought to a close. Innovation is an endless relay," and emphasized, "I believe the next leadership to be elected on the 23rd will accept the reform plan crafted by the emergency committee and will keep running for party reform."
The Rebuilding Korea Party will hold a party convention at Osco in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on the 23rd to elect a new party leader and supreme council members. Cho, the chairperson, is expected to officially declare a run for party leader soon. Seo Wang-jin, the floor leader, will serve as acting emergency committee chair.