Overview

• Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo stepped down as head of the innovation committee on July 7 after clashing with interim leader Song Eon-seog over the panel’s membership and timeline for reforms.
• The reform body, created to recover voter trust after the June 3 presidential defeat, now stands effectively defunct with its inaugural meeting canceled.
• Since former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid and Han Dong-hoon’s resignation, the PPP has been governed by an interim leadership committee.
• A recent Gallup Korea survey shows party support languishing at just 22 percent, more than 20 points behind the ruling Democratic Party.
• With the reform mechanism stalled, the August national convention to elect a new party chair has become the critical test for the PPP’s renewal.