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People Power Party Elects Song Eon-Seog as Floor Leader

He won 60 of 106 votes to guide the minority party toward internal renewal by prioritizing economic policy reform

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Song Eon-seog (L), a lawmaker of the opposition People Power Party, celebrates with Kim Yong-tae, leader of the party's emergency leadership committee, after being elected its new floor leader during a general meeting of its lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 16, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Song Eon-seog secured 60 of 106 ballots to claim the floor leader post and avoid a runoff
  • He outpaced Reps. Kim Sung-won and Lee Hung-seung in the intra-party vote
  • A former vice minister of finance, Song is regarded as a leading expert on economic and fiscal policy
  • The PPP holds 108 of the Assembly’s 300 seats against the ruling DP’s 171, underscoring its minority status
  • Interim leader Kim Yong-tae has signaled he will resign if the new leadership backs his proposed reform plan