Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon on the 13th said the party's Central Ethics Committee's decision to hand Rep. Bae Hyun-jin a heavy penalty of "one year suspension of party membership" was a purge by the so-called "Yoon Again" party leadership faction.
Han wrote on Facebook that day, "Timed for the Lunar New Year holiday, even Seoul party chair Bae Hyun-jin was purged by the party leadership faction," adding, "It's out of selfish desire to seize Seoul Party's nomination rights for the local elections."
He criticized, "A small leadership faction that defends martial law and follows conspiracies about a rigged election is turning the People Power Party into a communist-style purge party," adding, "It's something rarely seen in any established party in history."
He also argued, "It is an act of self-harm that abandons an important election that should check the administration's runaway power," adding, "This measure ended up covering up the Democratic Party-led issue of a four-tier appeals system."
He continued, "They have no interest in checking the administration and are only playing the role of enablers for the Democratic Party administration," adding, "We will set this right in solidarity with the majority of people with common sense."
Earlier, the party ethics panel resolved to suspend Bae's party membership for one year, finding that posting a photo of a minor child on social networking services (SNS) without permission violated party ethics rules.