Jung Chung-rae of the Democratic Party of Korea said Jang Dong-hyeok of the People Power Party's news conference, which argued that the presumption of innocence should apply to former President Yoon Suk-yeol, was "shocking." The Democratic Party criticized the People Power Party for revealing the true face of a "cabal abetting insurrection."
At closing remarks during the supreme council meeting at the National Assembly on the morning of the 20th, Jung said, "If you read the headlines about Jang's news conference, they say things like 'Jang Dong-hyeok fails to present grounds for defining Yoon Suk-yeol's first trial as insurrection,'" adding, "It's shocking."
Jung continued, "Is Jang a 'Yoon again' loyalist or Yoon Suk-yeol's Spokesperson? Are Yoon Suk-yeol and Jang Dong-hyeok a 'Yoon–Jang' single body?" Jung said, "We denounce remarks that show a lack of historical awareness, a misunderstanding of democracy, a betrayal of public sentiment, and a reckless undermining of constitutional spirit."
Jung also said, "I think it is a tirade and a gaffe that lacks even minimal shame and common sense," adding, "Jang ultimately ignored and betrayed the public's demand to sever ties with the 'Yoon again' faction and the cries of thoughtful lawmakers within the party." Jung then said, "Please, come to your senses."
Park Soo-hyun, the party's chief Spokesperson, also told reporters after the supreme council meeting, "As of today (the 20th), the People Power Party has clearly chosen to make itself a party subject to a constitutional review request," adding, "No matter how much the People Power Party changes its name, the great revolution of light, the people of the Republic of Korea, will strip away the wrapping and reveal the naked face of a party abetting insurrection."
That morning at the National Assembly, Jang Dong-hyeok held a news conference and, speaking about the former president Yoon, who was sentenced to life imprisonment at the first trial on charges of leading an insurrection, said, "The principle of the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone without exception," adding, "The forces that split the party by putting severance from the president out front—the ones we must sever ties with firmly are, in fact, them."