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Two leaders of People's Party offer to resign over corruption scandal
By KH디지털2Published : June 29, 2016 - 13:27
The two leaders of the People's Party offered to resign on Wednesday, taking "political" responsibility for a high-profile corruption scandal involving three members of the fledgling minor opposition party.
Reps. Ahn Cheol-soo and Chun Jung-bae announced their decision to step down as the party reels from the scandal that erupted earlier this month after the state election watchdog claimed that their party members received hundreds of millions of won in illicit political funds from two local firms in the runup to the April 13 parliamentary polls.
"I believe I should take all political responsibility for the case," Ahn told reporters after a meeting with senior party officials at the National Assembly. "I would put down the co-chairmanship to take responsibility."
The scandal has dealt a serious blow to the party that has pledged to pursue a "new type of politics" and become an alternative to the establishment parties that critics say have been mired in factionalism and partisan politics. It was also a major setback for Ahn, a potential presidential contender.
"We will determine whether to form an (interim) emergency panel to lead the party or not when we convene our Supreme Council meeting (later)," said floor leader Rep. Park Jie-won.
Involved in the scandal are Reps. Park Sun-sook and Kim Su-min, and the party's Vice Secretary-General Wang Ju-hyeon, all of whom have been under investigation over the scandal.
On Tuesday the party decided to suspend the membership of the trio should they be indicted in the corruption case.
The National Election Commission claims that Kim and the party may have received some 238 million won ($203,071) in illicit political funds from the local firms. It also alleges that Park, who served as the party's secretary-general in charge of accounting matters during the election campaign, and Wang were implicated in the case.
Wang was arrested on Tuesday after being questioned over charges of violating the Political Fund Act. Kim and Park were also grilled by the prosecution over the same charges last week and this week, respectively, but they were not detained.
Kim has already claimed that Wang directed her to forge bogus contracts with the two firms to receive the money. Wang and Kim have denied the charges raised. (Yonhap)
