Overview
- Jang Dong-hyeok acknowledged party responsibility for former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration and issued a public apology.
- He said 18 People Power Party lawmakers, including himself, attended the National Assembly vote to lift the decree and urged its swift reversal.
- The 'Change to Win' plan proposes mandatory youth nominations, recruitment of outside policy experts, new standing committees on labor, social welfare and generational issues, tighter nomination oversight, and a possible name change.
- Jang did not clearly sever ties with Yoon, who awaits trial on insurrection charges, prompting skepticism from critics and some party figures about the apology’s sincerity.
- He signaled openness to cooperation with other opposition forces for the June 3 local elections, with recent polling showing the ruling Democratic Party at about 45.7% to the PPP’s 35.5%.