Overview

• Jung Chung-rae was elected chairman of the Democratic Party with 61.74 percent of the combined vote from delegates, dues-paying members and a public poll at a convention in Goyang.
• He immediately launched task forces aimed at overhauling the prosecution, media and judiciary before the Chuseok holiday in early October.
• Jung declared he will refuse any cooperation with the People Power Party until it offers a genuine apology and expresses remorse for its links to the December 3 martial law attempt.
• He warned that if the special counsel investigation uncovers accomplices within the opposition, public demand to file a petition for the PPP’s dissolution would grow.
• The People Power Party congratulated Jung on his victory but cautioned that his hard-line stance risks deepening partisan polarization